# NTSB CHI80DEE15: Cessna 150, N8964U, Mt.Morris, IL, February 8, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 8, 1980
- Place: Mt.Morris, IL · MT.MORRIS, IL
- Location: 42.0483° N, 89.4293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Morris, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0483&lon=-89.4293&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 17, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132033
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80DEE15
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEE15

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1038   80/2/8    MT.MORRIS,IL        CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 48, 26 TOTAL
        TIME - 1700                    N8964U              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OGLE COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MT.MORRIS,IL                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
        REMARKS- HIT 2 TO 3FT SNOW BANK AT EDGE OF 70FT WIDE RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8964U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8964U-2013-05-17), registration cancelled 2013-05-17, S/N 15078034, 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: Ogle County

## 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 19800208002719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800208002719A), Feb 8, 1980: Cessna 150M, Mt. Morris, IL, Substantial damage. Leveled off too high. Hit runway, bounced into snowbank on side of runway. Flipped over.

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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