# Accident 19971214042709A: Cessna 150H, Hillsdale, MI, December 14, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1997, 16:15 local time
- Place: Hillsdale, MI
- Airport: Hillsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9204° N, 84.6301° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9204&lon=-84.6301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23239 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971214042709A

## Narrative

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

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURED DURING TAKEOFF. STUDENT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.(.4)THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL DUE TO ICE ON THE RUNWAY. SHE INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE THEN CONTACTED A SNOWBANK ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  AN INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS ICY CONDITIONS PREVAILING ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THAT THERE WAS A SNOWBANK ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE FAILED TO REVEAL ANY PRE-EXISTING ANOMALIES.      (-23) A STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE-OFF RUNWAY 28 AT HILLSDALE MINICIPAL AIRPORT (Y85) TO BEGIN THE SECOND LEG OF A SECOND SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY BEGAN THE TAKE-OFF ROLL ON CENTERLINE.  UPON REACHING AN AIRSPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE PILOT MOMENTARILY GLANCED DOWN AT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR.  UPON LOOKING BACK OUTSIDE THE PILOT NOTED THE AIRCRAFT BEGINNING A DRIFT TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE.  THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO STOP THE DRIFT BUT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SOME ICE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE FURTHER TOWARD THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER IMPACTING A TWO FOOT (APPROXIMATE) HIGH SNOW BANK. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, WINGS, AND FIREWALL WERE SUSTAINED DUE TO THE IMPACT. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH BRUISES TO BOTH KNEES, NEITHER REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

## 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 CHI98LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA066), Dec 14, 1997: Cessna 150H (N23239), Hillsdale, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain. Contributing were icy conditions on the runway and a snowbank.

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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