Cessna 150H N6996S

Summary

On 28 August 1983 at about 12:30 local time, a Cessna 150H registered N6996S was involved in an accident near Allegan, Michigan, 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

28 August 1983 at 12:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Allegan, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150H

Registration

N6996S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dowagiac → Allegan

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA395

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH A GUARD RAIL DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN IMC WEATHER. DURING THE FLT WX COND DETERIORATED AND THE PLT BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT COLLISION WITH STRUCTURES(TOWERS) IN THE AREA AND ELECTED TO LAND ON A FAIRGROUND. BRAKING WAS POOR ON THE WET GRASS AND THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A GUARD RAIL SEPARATING THE LANDING GEAR FROM THE ACFT. THE ACFT HAD ONLY BEEN AIRBORNE 30 MINUTES AND NO PREFLT WEATHER BRIEFING RECORD COULD BE LOCATED. THE WEATHERSERVICE HAD ISSUED'SPECIALS'AT 0749,0821,0841 AND 0849 EDT ABOUT THE LIMITED VISIBILITY CAUSED BY FOG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.