# NTSB CHI70DBQ17: Cessna 150D, N4435U, Baldwin, IL, May 21, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 21, 1970
- Place: Baldwin, IL · BALDWIN, IL
- Location: 38.1838° N, 89.8452° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baldwin, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1838&lon=-89.8452&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181918
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70DBQ17
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70DBQ17

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2226  70/5/21    BALDWIN,ILL         CESSNA 150D         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 45, 55 TOTAL
        TIME - 1125                    N4435U              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GASS ARPT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SPARTA,ILL                  BALDWIN,ILL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION
        REMARKS- AREA ADJ STRIP NMLY USED TO PARK ACFT RECENTLY PLOWED.GRASS FRINGE ABT 12IN HIGH.PVT ARPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4435U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4435U-2012-07-09), registration cancelled 2012-07-09, S/N 15060435, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Registry model: [Cessna 150D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (registry code 2071810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Gass Arpt

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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