Cessna 150M N6143K

Summary

On 11 March 1986 at about 18:20 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N6143K, operated by Sumat Inc., was involved in an accident near Orange, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 March 1986 at 18:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Orange, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Orange County Airport (W93)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N6143K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Sumat Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO86LA019

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AT ABOUT 1245 EST, THE PLT TOOK OFF ON HIS SECOND FLT OF THE DAY AND FLEW IN THE LOCAL AREA ABOUT 30 MINUTES. UPON RETURNING TO ORANGE COUNTY ARPT, THE PLT OBSERVED THE TETRAHEDRON DURING THE LEFT DOWNWIND LEG FOR RWY 25, AND NOTED THAT THE WIND HAD CHANGED DIRECTION ABOUT 90 DEGREES. ADDITIONALLY, THE WIND SOCK WAS ALMOST STRAIGHT OUT, INDICATING ANINCREASED VELOCITY. THE PLT EXECUTED A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, AND ON THE SECOND APPROACH, ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN RWY ALIGNMENT DUE TO LOW LEVEL WIND TURBULENCE, THEREFORE A GO-AROUND WAS PERFORMED. FOLLOWING THE THIRD APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED RWY 25 ABOUT 800 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END. THE ACFT TRAVELLED ABOUT 400 FEET BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A DRAINAGE DITCH. THE ACFT THEN FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.