# NTSB CHI07CA055: Cessna 150M, N63332, Bristol, WI, January 5, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 5, 2007, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Bristol, WI
- Coordinates: 42.523334, -88.01667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5233&lon=-88.0167&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Adminstration - Milwaukee FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65216
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07CA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65216/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA055

## Probable cause

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain to taxi on for takeoff.  A factor was the soft terrain condition.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, taxi - to takeoff

## Analysis

The airplane nosed over while taxiing on a private turf airstrip. The pilot reported that he encountered soft terrain while taxiing.  The pilot stated that the "front nose gear sunk in mud and flipped [the] plane over."   The airplane sustained damage to the left wing, rudder, vertical stabilizer and propeller.

## Factual narrative

The airplane nosed over while taxiing on a private turf airstrip. The pilot reported that he encountered soft terrain while taxiing.  The pilot stated that the "front nose gear sunk in mud and flipped [the] plane over."   The airplane sustained damage to the left wing, rudder, vertical stabilizer and propeller.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63332](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63332), registered now, S/N 15077241, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077241
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 1, 2006
- Departed: 04WI, Bristol, WI
- Destination: 04WI, Bristol, WI
- Airport: 04WI, Dutch Gap Airstrip, runway 27, 1,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 342 total, 202 in this make and model, 342 as pilot in command, 149 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,700 ft overcast
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.64 inHg
- Observed at: ENW, 6 nm away

## 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 20070105002649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070105002649A), Jan 5, 2007: Cessna 150M, Bristol, WI, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 5th, 2007, the pilot [privacy data omitted] ^ stated that he created a runway on a plowed farm field. The furrows were removed and the ground…

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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