# NTSB CHI82DA061: Cessna 150, N63213, Franklin, WI, February 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 20, 1982, 09:16 local (15:16 UTC)
- Place: Franklin, WI
- Coordinates: 42.880111, -87.999053 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8801&lon=-87.9991&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70741
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70741/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA061

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - altitude - misjudged, dual student (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE PRACTICING A NO-FLAP LANDING, THE STUDENT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND BELOW THE NORMAL GLIDE PATH. THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE LOW AND TO ADD POWER. POWER WAS ADDED, BUT SOON THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN SNOW. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT WHEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DRAGGED DEEPLY THROUGH THE SNOW. THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, AND LEFT WING WERE DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63213](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63213-2018-01-12), registration cancelled 2018-01-12, S/N 15077180, built 1975 (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
- Serial number: 15077180
- Airframe hours: 2851
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Rainbow Airport
- Registered owner: Rainbow Airport
- Departed: Y78, FRANKLIN, WI
- Destination: Y78, FRANKLIN, WI
- Airport: Y78, Rainbow, runway 27, 2,100 × 50 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,316 total, 900 in this make and model, 825 as pilot in command, 90 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 95 °F
- Observed at: Y78

## 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 19820220004769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820220004769A), Feb 20, 1982: Cessna 150M, Franklin, WI, Substantial damage. Instructor allowed student to touch down short of runway, then crashed into 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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