# NTSB CHI05CA252: Cessna 150E, N6222T, Durand, WI, August 14, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 14, 2005, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Durand, WI
- Coordinates: 44.621112, -91.962776
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6211&lon=-91.9628&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62468
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI05CA252
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62468/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA252

## Probable cause

The inadequate flare during landing by the pilot.  A contributing factor was the lack of certification of the pilot.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of certification, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - maintenance,annual inspection - not performed, pilot in command
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
- Fire, landing - roll

## Analysis

The airplane received substantial damage during a hard landing and post accident fire.  The airplane was last inspected in 2002. The pilot did not hold a pilot certificate and received his last airman medical certificate in 1997.  The pilot flew a couple hours per year.  The pilot did not keep a logbook record of his flight time, and he thought that he accumulated a total flight time of 200 hours.

## Factual narrative

On August 14, 2005, at 1630 central daylight time, a Cessna 150E, owned and piloted by an uncertificated pilot, received substantial damage on impact with terrain and fire during a hard landing on runway 18 (2,790 feet by 50 feet, asphalt) at Durand Municipal Airport (WI25), Durand, Wisconsin.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan.  The pilot was uninjured.  The local flight originated from WI25 at 1600.

The pilot stated that "thermal conditions cause nose wheel to take hard hit."  The nose wheel then collapsed, the propeller struck the runway, and a fire ensued.

Federal Aviation Administration records indicate that the pilot did not hold a pilot certificate, and he received his last airman medical certificate on November 14, 1997.  The airplane received its last annaul inspection on June 17, 2002.  The pilot flew a couple of hours per year.  He did not keep a logbook record of his flight time, and he thought that he accumulated a total flight time of 200 hours.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6222T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6222T-2005-12-21), registration cancelled 2005-12-21, S/N 15060922, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150E
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15060922
- Engines: Continental O-200A reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Raymond S. Dettling
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: WI25, Durand, WI
- Destination: WI25

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 82; medical: class 3; flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050814024539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050814024539A), Aug 14, 2005: Cessna 150E, Durand, WI, Destroyed. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] owner and operator of C-150 N6222T landed at WI25 at 16:20. As per the pilot's statement he attempted a landing, the…

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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