# NTSB CHI85FA096: Cessna 150L, N11413, Wheeling, IL, January 23, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 23, 1985, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Coordinates: 42.130508, -87.919097 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1305&lon=-87.9191&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12817
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85FA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12817/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA096

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,anti-ice additive - lack of
  - maintenance,service of aircraft/equipment - inadequate, company/operator management (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - ice (cause)
  - fuel system,filter - blocked(total)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

AT ABOUT 400 FT AGL DURING TAKEOFF, THE ENG LOST ALL POWER. THE PLT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN PARTIAL POWER FOR APRX 20 SEC, BY 'MILKING' THE THROTTLE, THEN THE ENG STOPPED AGAIN. TO AVOID POWER LINES & FACTORIES AHEAD, THE PLT TURNED BACK & LANDED ON ARPT PROPERTY. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF THE ACDNT, WAS 27 DEG. MECHANICS OF THE OPERATOR STATED THAT ALCOHOL WAS NORMALLY ADDED TO THE FUEL IN THE WINTER, BUT THIS ACFT HAD BEEN IN A HANGER FOR A ABOUT A MONTH, THEN IT WAS LEFT OUTSIDE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE ACDNT FLT. THEY ALSO STATED THAT FUEL WAS TAKEN FROM THE ACFT AFTER THE ACDNT & FROZEN, & ICE CRYSTALS FORMED. THE PLT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR PREVENTION OF THIS ACDNT WAS 'BY USE OF ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL - 3% BY VOLUME IN FUEL IN EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11413](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11413-1988-12-05), registration cancelled 1988-12-05, S/N 15075401 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075401
- Airframe hours: 2624
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: George J. Priester Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 16, 1984, 60 hours before
- Airport: PWK, Pal-Waukee, runway 24R, 3,450 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 102 total, 102 in this make and model, 46 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 27 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: NBU, 4 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 19850123001209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850123001209A), Jan 23, 1985: Cessna 150L, Wheeling, IL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Landed off runway in snow where nose gear collapsed and plane went over. Carburetor ice.

## Other investigations on N11413 (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 CHI79DEE39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEE39), Feb 19, 1979: Cessna 150 (N11413), Wheeling, IL, 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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