CHI71FBD22

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150 · Wheeling, IL · September 18, 1970

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
September 18, 1970
Place
Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N3007JCessna 150
Status
Completed · report June 29, 1971
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
142408

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

On this page

NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3739  70/9/18    WHEELING,ILL        CESSNA 150          CR-  0  1  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 62, 27 TOTAL
        TIME - 1444                    N3007J              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WHEELING,ILL                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- TWR CLRD PLT FOR INTERSECTION T/O ON RWY 30R.PLT TOOK OFF ON RWY 12L WITH 800 FT OF RWY REMAINING.

Aircraft

Registration
N3007J
Reported as
Cessna 150
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Pal-Waukee

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Other investigations on N3007J · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.