# Accident 20120731016289A: Cessna 150M, Madison, WI, July 31, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2012, 11:58 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Blackhawk Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1047° N, 89.1861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1047&lon=-89.1861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45080, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45080) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 390 total, 242 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA507](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA507) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120731016289A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING, PILOT LANDED LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AIRCRAFT CONTACTED BRUSH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHICH HAD OVERGROWN THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY BY 2 TO 4 FEET. AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED HARD LEFT AND CRASHED INTO THE BRUSH.

## 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 CEN12LA507](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA507), Jul 31, 2012: Cessna 150M (N45080), Cottage Grove, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land on a runway with significant overgrown vegetation along the edges and his landing, which was left of the centerline.

## Other reports on N45080 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780219002639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780219002639A), Feb 19, 1978: Cessna 150M (N45080), Waynesburg, PA, Substantial damage

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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