Accident Cessna 150 N7595U, Thursday 23 January 1986

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Date:	Thursday 23 January 1986
Time:	23:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 150
Owner/operator:	Great Lakes Airlines
Registration:	N7595U
MSN:	15077761
Year of manufacture:	1975
Total airframe hrs:	3054 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-200-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bancroft, IA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	St. James, MN (D40)
Destination airport:	Spencer, IA (KSPW)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT BECAME DISORIENTED ON A NIGHT, VFR FLT AND LANDED AT AN ARPT TO DETERMINE HIS LOCATION. THE UNATTENDED ARPT DID NOT HAVE A PHONE SO THE PLT TOOKOFF AGAIN ENROUTE TO HIS ORIGINAL DEST. HE BECAME DISORIENTED A SECOND TIME AND, BECAUSE THE ACFT WAS RUNNING LOW ON FUEL, HE DECIDED TO LAND IN A SNOW COVERED FIELD NEAR A SMALL TOWN. THE SNOW WAS DEEP AND CRUSTED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

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