# NTSB CHI68D0559: Cessna 150, N2099Z, Lake Zurich, IL, January 21, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 21, 1968
- Place: Lake Zurich, IL · LAKE ZURICH, IL
- Location: 42.1953° N, 88.0852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Zurich, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1953&lon=-88.0852&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 8, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112233
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68D0559
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68D0559

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0089  68/1/21    LAKE ZURICH,ILL     CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1015                    N2099Z              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 46, 4695 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            290 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED
           TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM STUBBLE CORNFIELD COVERED WITH 1 INCH SNOW. NOSE WHEEL STRUCK ROCK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2099Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2099Z-2012-08-09), registration cancelled 2012-08-09, S/N 15059899, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150c) (registry code 2071808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N2099Z (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI69F0246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0246), Sep 28, 1968: Cessna 150 (N2099Z), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage

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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