# NTSB CHI00LA074: Cessna 150H, N22017, Wisconsin Rapid, WI, February 21, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 21, 2000, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC) - Place: Wisconsin Rapid, WI - Coordinates: 44.340873, -89.730003 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3409&lon=-89.7300&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48676 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI00LA074 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48676/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA074 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience and the snowbank. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor) - Nose gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run ## Analysis The airplane exited the left side of the runway during takeoff and contacted a snowbank. The student pilot was performing solo takeoff and landing practice during the accident flight. In his written statement, the pilot said that the accident takeoff was his third takeoff. He said that when he was near takeoff speed the, '...tail end of [the] airplane started to fishtail badly....' He said that he attempted to correct and subsequently exited the left side of the runway and hit a snowbank. Postaccident examination of the aircraft failed to reveal any anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition. ## Factual narrative On February 21, 2000, about 1700 central standard time, a Cessna 150H, N22017, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage when it exited the prepared surface on takeoff from runway 20 (5,500 feet by 100 feet, dry asphalt) at Alexander Field, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was not on a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The student pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Alexander Field about 15 minutes prior to the accident for a local flight. The student pilot was performing solo takeoff and landing practice during the accident flight. In his written statement, the pilot said that the accident takeoff was his third takeoff. He said that when he was near takeoff speed the, "...tail end of [the] airplane started to fishtail badly...." He said that he attempted to correct and subsequently exited the left side of the runway and hit a snowbank. Postaccident examination of the aircraft by the Federal Aviation Administration failed to reveal any anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N22017](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22017-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 15068013, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150H - Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 60613 - Engines: Continental O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Kurt R. Gross - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: ISW - Airport: ISW, Alexander Field, runway 20, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 200° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 28 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: ISW ## Other investigations on N22017 (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 MKC71DCD29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71DCD29), Sep 22, 1970: Cessna 150H (N22017), Center Point, IA, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.