# NTSB CHI67A0016: Cessna 150, N3005J, Racine, WI, July 27, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 27, 1966
- Place: Racine, WI · RACINE, WI
- Location: 42.7256° N, 87.8142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Racine, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7256&lon=-87.8142&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122384
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67A0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67A0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0635  66/7/27    RACINE WIS          CESSNA 150          CR-  1  1  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2138                    N3005J              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 27, 1994 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            1540 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HORLICK-RACINE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          PARTIAL OBSCURATION                                       0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          4 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          GROUND FOG                                               IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- GRND FOG OBSCURED RWY ON FLAREOUT FOR 3RD LANDING.INST.ABORTED LDG.AS ACFT TOPPED FOG IT HIT TREE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3005J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3005J-1968-09-17), registration cancelled 1968-09-17, S/N 15061105 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Horlick-Racine

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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