# NTSB CHI78DEE23: Cessna 150, N9474U, Wheeling, IL, February 19, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 19, 1978
- Place: Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 6, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 143349
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI78DEE23
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEE23

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0913  78/2/19    WHEELING,IL         CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 24, 40 TOTAL
        TIME - 1400                    N9474U              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WHEELING,IL                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
        REMARKS- WING CAUGHT SNOWBANK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9474U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9474U), registered now, S/N 15078422, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- 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
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pal-Waukee

## 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 19780219005529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780219005529A), Feb 19, 1978: Cessna 150M, Wheeling, IL, Substantial damage. Wing caught snowbank.

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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