# NTSB CHI83FA122: Cessna 150, N63044, Wheeling, IL, February 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1983, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Coordinates: 42.12973, -87.919296 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1297&lon=-87.9193&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11979
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83FA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11979/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA122

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS MAKING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING AND AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL THE ENGINE STOPPED. A RESTART WAS TO NO AVAIL. THE PLT STATED THAT HE KEPT THE AIRSPEED NEAR STALL SPEED UNTIL GROUND IMPACT. THERE WAS FUEL SPILLAGE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AND NO VISIBLE MOISTURE/ICE IN THE FUEL. ON 3/10/83 THE ENGINE WAS SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED UP TO 2350 RPM. NO DISCREPANCIES WAS FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63044](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63044-1985-12-11), registration cancelled 1985-12-11, S/N 15077059 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077059
- Airframe hours: 3133
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Priester Aviation Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, November 8, 1982, 59 hours before
- Airport: PWK, Pal-Waukee, runway 24R, 3,654 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 118 total, 117 in this make and model, 45 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PWK

## 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 19830226006439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830226006439A), Feb 26, 1983: Cessna 150M, Wheeling, IL, Destroyed. Engine quit on takeoff. Aircraft crash landed off end of runway. Turned over and broke in half on impact.

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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