# Accident 20070105002649A: Cessna 150M, Bristol, WI, January 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2007, 14:45 local time
- Place: Bristol, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5233° N, 88.0167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5233&lon=-88.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63332, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 197 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070105002649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 5TH, 2007, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THAT HE CREATED A RUNWAY ON A PLOWED FARM FIELD. THE FURROWS WERE REMOVED AND THE GROUND COMPACTED BY HIS JOHN DEERE 550 DOZER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ THEN STATED HE RETURNED IN HIS AIRCRAFT AND MADE A LANDING TO THE WEST. WHILE TAXIING BACK FOR TAKE OFF, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED ONTO A SOFT SPOT OF EARTH; CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO SINK INTO THE MUD, AND THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PROPELLER STRIKE WAS THE AIRCRAFT OVERTURNING, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI07CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA055), Jan 5, 2007: Cessna 150M (N63332), Bristol, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain to taxi on for takeoff. A factor was the soft terrain condition.

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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