# Accident 20030708019759A: Cessna 150L, Chicago/Schaumb, IL, July 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2003, 13:45 local time
- Place: Chicago/Schaumb, IL
- Airport: Schaumburg Air Park Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9897° N, 88.1108° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9897&lon=-88.1108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10257, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10257-2016-08-09) (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
- Reported engine: AMTR O200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 75 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030708019759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SHAUMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1320 LCL TIME. ACCORDING TO AN EYE WITNESS THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED JUST ABOVE THE TREE TOPS ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING AND MADE AN ABRUPT, VERY SHARP LEFT TURN, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT APPROXIMATELY A 14 DEGREE ANGLE. THERE WAS A POST IMPACT FIRE WHICH CONSUMED THE ENTIRE COCKPIT AREA. THE SOLE PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CHI03FA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA202), Jul 8, 2003: Cessna 150L (N10257), Schaumburg, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining airplane control and the inadvertent stall he encountered during initial climb.

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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