# Accident 20030515009339A: Cessna 150L, Cedar Springs, MI, May 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2003, 12:08 local time
- Place: Cedar Springs, MI
- Airport: North Cedar Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2583° N, 85.5458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2583&lon=-85.5458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1528Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1528Q-2012-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,733 total, 101 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030515009339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP, WITH PUBLIC ROAD APPROXIMATELY 20 FOOT AWAY FROM APPROACH END OF RUNWAY THRESHOLD. PILOT STATED THAT OWNER TOLD HIM EAST END OF STRIP WAS WET BUT WEST END WAS NOT, OWNER HAD PLACED WHITE X IN MIDDLE OF RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT HE USED FULL FLAPS AND EXECUTED A SHORT FIELD LANDING BUT A TRUCK, PREVIOUSLY SCREENED BY TREES ALONG THE ROAD, SUDDENLY APPEARED IN FRONT OF RUNWAY WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL. AIRCRAFT WHEEL STRUCK LOAD IN BACK OF TRUCK, PITCHING AIRCRAFT DOWN ONTO END OF RUNWAY WHERE IT FLIPPED OVER. ONSCENE INVESTIGATION SHOWED AIRCRAFT FLAPS WERE FULLY RETRACTED.

## 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 CHI03LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA126), May 15, 2003: Cessna 150L (N1528Q), Cedar Springs, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate glidepath and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance. A factor to the accident was the semi-trailer.

## Other reports on N1528Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19850104002359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850104002359I), Jan 4, 1985: Cessna 150L (N1528Q), Ypsilanti, MI, Minor damage. Pilot stated he flared too high and bounced collapsing nose gear.
- [Accident 19760212002269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760212002269A), Feb 12, 1976: Cessna 150L (N1528Q), Westland, MI, Substantial damage. Fuel low. High angle of attack of acft.

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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