# Accident 20061029026639A: Cessna 150H, Monroe City, IN, October 29, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2006, 14:41 local time
- Place: Monroe City, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5811° N, 87.3592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5811&lon=-87.3592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23175, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23175-2007-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 98 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061029026639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A STUDENT PILOT ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO ACCOMPANY HIM AS A SAFETY PILOT SO THAT HE COULD PRACTICE INSTRUMENT FLIGHT MANEUVERS. APPARENTLY, THE STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD FAILED THIS PORTION OF HIS PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ACCORDING TO FAA RECORDS, THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMMERCIAL AND CFI PILOT CERTIFICATES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED AND HIS LAST MEDICAL WAS DENIED, POSSIBLY ON OR ABOUT 05/04/87. APPARENTLY, AFTER 30-40 MINUTES OF INSTRUMENT FLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 3,000'MSL ABOVE AN ULTRA-LIGHT FLYING FIELD. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SPIRALED DOWN TO THE FIELD, MADE HIS APPROACH AND ACCOMPLISHED A BALKED LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY 100'MSL. AFTER CLIMBOUT, A SECOND FORCED LANDING WAS SIMULATED AT WHICH TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DESCEND BELOW 100'MSL AND ACTUALLY TOUCH DOWN. ON CLIMB OUT FROM THE ATTEMPTED TOUCH AND GO, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLEAR THE TREELINE AT THE EAST END OF THE FIELD. UPON CONTACT WITH THE FIRST TREE, THE AIRCRAFT FLAT SPUN TO THE LEFT, CONTACTING TWO MORE LARGE TREES AND SLID TO THE FOREST FLOOR. THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CHI07LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA010), Oct 29, 2006: Cessna 150H (N23175), Monroe City, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot not maintaining clearance from the tree during climb. Factors were the tree and the student pilot's lack of total experience.

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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