# NTSB CEN17WA370: Cessna 150J, Goderich, Canada, September 21, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 20, 2017, 20:36 local (Sep 21, 2017, 00:36 UTC)
- Place: Goderich, Canada
- Coordinates: 43.733333, -81.699996 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7333&lon=-81.7000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Continental Motors, Textron Aviation
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96097
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17WA370
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96097/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17WA370

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 20, 2017, about 2036 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150J single-engine airplane, Canadian registration C-FHPU, serial number 15070602, crashed in Lake Huron about 1.1 nautical miles west of Goderich Municipal Airport (CYGD), Goderich, Ontario, Canada. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. The cross-country flight departed from Brampton-Caledon Airport (CNC3), Caledon, Ontario, destined for CYGD.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Canadian government. Further information may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Gatineau, Québec K1A 1K8 Phone: +1 819-994-3741 Fax: +1 819-953-9586 E-mail: AirOps@bst-tsb.gc.ca Webpage: http://bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/index.asp This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-FHPU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150J (J)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070602
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CNC3, Caledon
- Destination: CYGD, Goderich
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: CYGD, Goderich Municipal Airport
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 90° at 4 knots
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.98 inHg
- Icing: Unknown
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: CWGD, 1 nm away

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.

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