# NTSB CHI06CA059: Cessna 150F, N8723S, Poplar Grove, IL, December 20, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 20, 2005, 10:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: Poplar Grove, IL
- Coordinates: 42.322776, -88.836387
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3228&lon=-88.8364&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: DuPage, IL, FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63088
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63088/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA059

## Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate recovery from the bounced landing, and not maintaining airplane control during the landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - terrain condition - runway
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - snow covered
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The airplane, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with snow and terrain when the airplane exited the runway.  The pilot stated, "Made final fast and flat.  Contacted runway and bounced up and to right.  Ended in snow, off the runway, right side up, nose wheel bent back."  The pilot's safety recommendation was, "Be more ready to do a go-around."

## Factual narrative

On December 20, 2005, about 1020 central standard time, a Cessna 150F, N8723S, owned and piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial on impact with snow and terrain when the airplane exited runway 30 at the Poplar Grove Airport (C77), near Poplar Grove, Illinois, during landing.  The solo instructional flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  No flight plan was on file.  The pilot sustained no injury.  The local flight originated from C77 about 1000.

The pilot's accident report stated:

Made final fast and flat.  Contacted runway and bounced up and to

right.  Ended in snow, off the runway, right side up, nose wheel

bent back.

The pilot's safety recommendation was, "Be more ready to do a go-around."

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8723S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8723S), registered now, S/N 15062023, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15062023
- Airframe hours: 2890
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard E. Walsh
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 2005
- Departed: C77, Poplar Grove, IL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 32 total, 11 in this make and model, 9 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 16 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter: 30.28 inHg
- Observed at: RFD

## 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 20051220032939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051220032939A), Dec 20, 2005: Cessna 150F, Belvidere, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot stated that he came in low and fast approaching runway 30 at C77. He landed with the nose of the aircraft not aligned with runway. All…

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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