Cessna 150 accident near Lincoln, Nebraska, June 24, 1987
On June 24, 1987 at about 2:22 am local time, a Cessna 150, registered N66686, was substantially damaged in an accident near Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Munic. airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 24, 1987 · about 2:22 am local time
- Place
- Lincoln, Nebraska · Lincoln Munic.
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150 · all 150s on the register
- Registration
- N66686 · no longer on the register · serial 15076209
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
AFTER COMPLETING AN IFR SIMULATED NDB APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35L, PIC SIDE-STEPPED TO LAND VFR ON 35R. DURING BASE LEG ACFT HAD A PARTIAL POWER LOSS FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY TOTAL POWER LOSS. PIC INFORMED CONTROL TOWER OF THE EMERGENCY AND MADE A FORCED LDG IN A FARM FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL ACFT NOSED OVER AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. PIC AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. A TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSES TO DETERMINE ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT OF THE PIC PROVED NEGATIVE. WX COND WERE CONDUCIVE TO THE FORMATION OF CARBURETOR ICE. NO MALFUNCTION OF THE ENG COULD BE FOUND ON POST ACC INSPECTION.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,268 hours in all; 193 in this make and model; 84 in the last 90 days; 1,124 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 4,305 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, October 30, 1986; 50 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,600 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental O-200-A (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 35R, 5,500 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: dusk
- Wind: from 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 79°F (26°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 2:54 am from LNK, 2 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N66686 the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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