Cessna 150H N22793

Summary

On 7 March 1987 at about 15:55 local time, a Cessna 150H registered N22793 was involved in an accident near Hopkins, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 March 1987 at 15:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Hopkins, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.6707, -85.6398

Aircraft

Cessna 150H

Registration

N22793

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87LA090

2 people were seriously 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 STATED THAT 'EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL' ON DOWNWIND AND BASE, BUT THAT HE EXPERIENCED ROUGH AIR AND 'SIDE TO SIDE MOTION' OF THE ACFT ON FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 27. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE HELD AN AIRSPEED OF 70 MPH WITH 'SOME POWER' UNTIL HE HAD THE RWY 'MADE.' THE PLT STATED THAT HE THEN THROTTLED BACK AND WAS ABOUT 50-60 FEET AGL IN A NORMAL LANDING ATTITUDE WHEN THE ACFT DROPPED 'PROBABLY 25-30 FEET IN A SECOND.' ACCORDING TO THE PLT, A GO-AROUND WAS IMMEDIATELY INITIATED, BUT BEFORE HE COULD RETRACT THE FLAPS THE ACFT GAINED APRX 25-30 FEET AND THE ACFT HEADED TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RWY, TOWARD A SMALL POPLAR TREE. THE PLT STATED THAT WITHIN TWO SECONDS THE PROP STRUCK THE TOP OF THE TREE AND HE THEN NOSED THE ACFT DOWN IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN AIRSPEED AND LAND. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT WING AND NOSE BEFORE COMING TO REST INVERTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.