Cessna 150J N6578S

Summary

On 5 October 1986 at about 21:10 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N6578S was involved in an accident near Peculiar, Missouri, 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

5 October 1986 at 21:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Peculiar, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.7194, -94.4508

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N6578S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Harrisonville → Peculiar

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC87LA003

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

THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT AS HE MADE HIS APCH TO LAND AT HIS PVT STRIP. THE WIND WAS FROM 250 DEGS AT 7 KTS, A HEADWIND FOR THE LANDING ACFT.THE PLT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL CONTROL DIFFICULTY DURING FINAL APCH. THE PLT REPORTED DESCENDING WITHOUT CONTROL UNTIL IMPACTING THE TERRAIN SHORT OF THE RWY. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF TURBULENCE OR CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO TURBULENCE IN THE AREA OF THE STRIP. THE PLT STATED THAT HE COULD HAVE AVOIDED THE ACCIDENT BY MAINTAINING A HIGHER APCH SPEED AND POSSIBLY MORE ALT DURING THE APCH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.