# Accident 20110320004649A: Cessna 150D, Baraboo, WI, March 20, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2011, 18:24 local time
- Place: Baraboo, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3778° N, 89.9011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3778&lon=-89.9011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4178U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4178U-2011-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 54 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11FA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110320004649A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED LAKE IN THE HILLS AIRPORT (3CK) IN CHICAGO, IL ON 03/20/2011 DESTINED FOR REEDSBURG, WI (C35).  THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD.  APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARABOO, WI (DLL), THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND IMPACTED HILLY, WOODED TERRAIN.  BOTH OCCUPANTS SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  WITNESSES STATED THAT THE TREES ALONG THE RIDGETOPS IN THE VICINITY OF THE CRASH SITE WERE SHROUDED IN FOG.THE STUDENT PILOT HAD NOT RECEIVED STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE OR LOGBOOK ENDORSEMENTS FROM AN AUTHORIZED INSTRUCTOR TO PERMIT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY OPERATIONS.  THE STUDENT PILOT HAD RECEIVED  A TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES OF SIMULATED INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION MORE THAN EIGHT MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT.

## 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 CEN11FA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA240), Mar 20, 2011: Cessna 150D (N4178U), Baraboo, WI, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and his decision to continue the flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a subsequent loss of airplane control.

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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