Cessna 150 N7961F

Summary

On 23 December 2016 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N7961F was involved in an accident near Warren, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 December 2016 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Warren, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Warren Muni (D37)

Coordinates

48.1911, -96.7108

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N7961F

Category

Airplane

Year built

1966

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Warren

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

GAA17CA100

Nobody was injured.

The noncertificated pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The noncertificated pilot reported that, while he was taxiing to test the brakes, the airplane slid to the right, impacted a snowbank, and nosed over. He added that "this was not a flight, takeoff or landing. Simply went off [the] runway during a taxi test of [the] brakes." However, in a statement provided by the Sheriff's office to the Federal Aviation Administration, the pilot stated that he was low on fuel and that, after he landed, he hit a snowdrift and nosed over. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.