# Accident 19950414007982A: Cessna 150M, Oshkosh, WI, April 14, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1995, 14:25 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9699° N, 88.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9699&lon=-88.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45457, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45457-1997-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950414007982A

## Narrative

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

TURNING FINAL WAS OVERTOOK AND COLLIDED WITH AIRCRAFT ON STRAIGHT IN FINAL. ATC FAILED TO NOTE. FAILED REPORT FINAL (-23) CESSNA 150, N45457, REPORTED TWELVE (12) MILES SOUTH WEST INBOUND, AND WAS TOLD TO REPORT THREE (3) MILES OUT FOR A LEFT BASE TO RUNWAY 36. BEECH-35, N1HK, REPORTED EIGHTEEN (18) DME SOUTH, INBOUND, AND WAS TOLD TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT IN FOR RUNWAY 36. C-150, N45457, REPORTED THREE (3) MILES OUT TURNING LEFT BASE. THE TOWER CLEARED N45457 TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36, NUMBER TWO, FOLLOWING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. BEECH-N1HK, OVERTOOK C-150, N45457, FROM ABOVE AND COLLIDED APPROXIMATELY THIRTY (30) FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY SURFACE. BOTH AIRCRAFT ENTANGLED, FELL TO THE GROUND AND THE ENSUING FIRE CONSUMED BOTH AIRCRAFT AND THE FOUR (4) OCCUPANTS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1HK, Beech V35B: [Accident 19950414007981A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950414007981A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI95FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA126), Apr 14, 1995: Cessna 150M (N45457), Oshkosh, WI, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT BY THE PILOT OF THE BEECH V35B, RESULTING IN HIS FAILURE TO SEE-AND-AVOID THE CESSNA 150, WHICH WAS AHEAD AND BELOW HIM ON FINAL APPROACH; AND FAILURE OF THE TOWER…

## Other reports on N45457 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780520034279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780520034279I), May 20, 1978: Cessna 150 (N45457), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Aircraft wingtip struck ground while attempting landing in gusty conditions.

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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