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Cessna 152 N6489B

29 July 1982 · Chatfield, Minnesota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 July 1982 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N6489B, operated by Freeman H. Welch, was involved in an accident near Chatfield, Minnesota, 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.

The record

Date
at 23:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Chatfield, Minnesota, United States
Nearest airport
Meadowbrook
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N6489B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Freeman H. Welch
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Chatfield → Chatfield
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI82DA313

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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 PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT WITH A CROSSWIND FROM 300 DEG AT 17, GUSTING 26 KTS. THE WIND WAS BLOWING OVER TALL TREES ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, NEAR THE APPROACH END. THE PILOT STATED THAT THIS RESULTED IN A DOWNDRAFT AND/OR A LOSS OF AIRSPEED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR MOUNTING, PROPELLER, ENGINE FIRE WALL AND CABIN FLOOR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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