# NTSB CHI84LA084: Cessna 150, N63546, Port Huron, MI, January 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 11, 1984, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Port Huron, MI
- Coordinates: 42.969505, -82.420158 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9695&lon=-82.4202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12525
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12525/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA084

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - supervision - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT ON A SNOWY RWY AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK. THE STUDENT ADDED POWER FOR TAKEOFF AFTER A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AND THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE ACFT WAS NOT CORRECTED BEFORE A COLLISION WITHA SNOWBANK OCCURRED. THIS WAS THE STUDENTS 2ND SOLO. THE RWY WAS REPORTEDLY COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63546](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63546-2007-08-28), registration cancelled 2007-08-28, S/N 15077385, 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: 15077385
- Airframe hours: 2889
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Vip Aviation Of Teoledo, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1983, 100 hours before
- Airport: PHN, St. Clair County Int., runway 4, 5,104 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 8 total, 8 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 16 °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 19840111000599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840111000599A), Jan 11, 1984: Cessna 150M, Port Huron, MI, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft on snow covered runway and veered 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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