# Incident 19781217025479I: Cessna 150, Wheeling, IL, December 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1978, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Pal Waukee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704BH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704BH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 66 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781217025479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT ALLOWED PLANE TO DRIFT DURING TOUCHDOWN. LEFT GEAR HIT SNOWBANK& VEERED & NOSED OVER INTO SNOW.

## Other reports on N704BH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920306010899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920306010899I), Mar 6, 1992: Cessna 150M (N704BH), Sandwich, IL. Partial engine power loss while departing. Forced landing in field. Screws from carburetor air box in venturi.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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