# NTSB CHI83LA323: Cessna 150, N714PJ, Wilmot, WI, July 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 19, 1983, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Wilmot, WI
- Location: 46.4499° N, 91.6169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CEDAR ISLAND (WI10), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4499&lon=-91.6169&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12271
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA323
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12271/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA323

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT ADDED FULL FLAPS AS THE RWY WAS APPROACHED. DURING THE FLARE THE ACFT BALLOONED AND BOUNCED. A GO-AROUND WAS STARTED BUT THE FLAPS WERE NOT RAISED. THE ACFT DID NOTACHIEVE ENOUGH CLIMB TO CLEAR THE TREE AT THE RWYS END.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N714PJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714PJ-1997-10-10), registration cancelled 1997-10-10, S/N 15079325 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Clarence Waynauskas
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: WI10, Westosha, runway 3, 2,200 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 420 total, 420 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKE, 20 nm away

## 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 19830719038109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830719038109A), Jul 19, 1983: Cessna 150M, Wilmot, WI, Substantial damage. Tried to make a belated go around after a bad bounce. Failed to retract full flaps. Hit a tree on climbout.

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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