- Date
- May 18, 2003, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Freeport, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2842VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA- DuPage FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030518023269A
- Case key
- 57039
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane impacted a fence while on approach to land. The pilot reported everything was normal until the airplane came to a sudden stop. A witness reported the airplane was descending slowly at a steep angle when it impacted the fence. The pilot reported no problems with the airplane or the engine prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
On May 18, 2003, at 1400 central daylight time (CDT), a Cessna 150M, N2842V, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when it impacted a fence while on final approach to runway 13 (2,285 by 150 feet, turf) at Albertus Airport (FEP), Freeport, Illinois. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and his passenger reported minor injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The local flight departed at 1245.
The pilot reported entering a final approach for the runway with a slight crosswind. The pilot stated, "everything seemed to be going well until a large impact was felt and the plane came to a sudden stop." A witness noted the airplane was descending slowly at a very steep angle when it impacted the fence. The airplane impacted a fence short of the runway.
The pilot reported no problems with the airplane or the engine prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2842V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076297
- Airframe hours
- 7,680.9
- Engine
- Continental O-200 A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Janssen Darrell O DBA, doing business as Freeport Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Darrell O. Janssen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 2003 · 34.9 hours before
- Departed
- FEP · Freeport, IL
- Destination
- FEP · Freeport, IL
- Airport
- FEP · Albertus Airport, runway 13, 2,285 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- April 23, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 19 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 14 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- FEP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2842V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.