# NTSB CHI82DA182: Cessna 150G, N2992J, White Cloud, MI, May 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 24, 1982, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: White Cloud, MI
- Coordinates: 43.549766, -85.769409 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5498&lon=-85.7694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 24, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73032
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73032/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA182

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - proper altitude - above, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE WAS TOO HIGH ON FINAL APPROACH SO HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. AS HE APPLIED POWER, THE NOSE INCREASED IN PITCH ATTITUDE AND THE EMPENNAGE STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO TURN TO THE LEFT, THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING. THE NOSE GEAR THEN COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2992J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2992J-2018-03-05), registration cancelled 2018-03-05, S/N 15065792, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15065792
- Airframe hours: 4000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: White Cloud Aviation
- Registered owner: White Cloud Aviation
- Departed: 42C, WHITE CLOUD, MI
- Destination: 42C, WHITE CLOUD, MI
- Airport: 42C, White Cloud, runway 17, 2,900 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 1 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F

## 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 19820524019509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820524019509A), May 24, 1982: Cessna 150, White Cloud, MI, Substantial damage. Student pilot misjudged approach, allowed aircraft to strike runway and crash during attemtped go-around.

## Other investigations on N2992J (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC68F0174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68F0174), Sep 1, 1967: Cessna 150G (N2992J), Milford, DE, substantial damage

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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