# NTSB CHI06CA229: Cessna 150, N17015, Jamestown, ND, August 12, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 12, 2006, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Jamestown, ND
- Coordinates: 46.910121, -98.690162 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9101&lon=-98.6902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64499
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64499/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA229

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning resulted in the pilot not attaining the proper takeoff climb and failure to maintain terrain clearance.  Contributing factors included the transmission wires, the row of trees, and the field of corn.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper climb rate - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude/clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The airplane sustained substantial damage after impacting a cornfield during takeoff from a grass airstrip.  The pilot reported that he lifted the airplane off the grass airstrip, but was not able to clear the power lines so he flew under the wires.  He lowered the nose of the airplane to gain airspeed.  He reported that he attempted to clear a tree line, but the airplane settled into a cornfield.  The pilot reported that the airplane did not experience a mechanical malfunction or failure.

## Factual narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage after impacting a cornfield during takeoff from a grass airstrip.  The pilot reported that he lifted the airplane off the grass airstrip, but was not able to clear the power lines so he flew under the wires.  He lowered the nose of the airplane to gain airspeed.  He reported that he attempted to clear a tree line, but the airplane settled into a cornfield.  The pilot reported that the airplane did not experience a mechanical malfunction or failure.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N17015](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17015-2012-07-24), registration cancelled 2012-07-24, S/N 15073582, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073582
- Engines: Continental O-200 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joshua Simmers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: JAS, Jamestown, ND
- Destination: BIS, Bismarck, ND

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2; flight hours: 257 total, 190 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## 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 20060812020969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060812020969A), Aug 12, 2006: Cessna 150L, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft out of annual inspection. Pilot was on ferry flight (faxed ferry permit issued mps FSDO August 10, 2006) from oscaola, WI to bismarck, ND.…

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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