# NTSB CHI85LA065: Cessna 150C, N7954Z, Hampshire, IL, December 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 9, 1984, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Hampshire, IL
- Coordinates: 42.089679, -88.520057 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0897&lon=-88.5201&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): 12969
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12969/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA065

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Nose down, landing

## Analysis

TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED NEARLY HALF-WAY DOWN AIRSTRIP, WHICH WAS WET WITH MELTING FROST. PLT DID NOT ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND, BUT RELIED ON BRAKING ACTION FOR SAFE COMPLETION OF LANDING ROLL. BRAKING ACTION WAS NIL. ACFT OVERRAN THROUGH A BARBED-WIRE FENCE AND INTO A PLOWED FIELD WHERE CONTACT WITH FURROWS CAUSED IT TO TIP ONTO THE NOSE AND RIGHT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7954Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7954Z-1986-05-19), registration cancelled 1986-05-19, S/N 15060054 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150C
- Registry model: [Cessna 150C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150c) (registry code 2071808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15060054
- Airframe hours: 2189
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A42 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William J. Ream
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 20, 1984
- Departed: WI10, WILMOT, WI
- Destination: 7IL6, HAMPSHIRE, IL
- Airport: 7IL6, Esser, runway 30, 1,450 × 30 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 192 total, 76 in this make and model, 130 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19841209065599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841209065599A), Dec 9, 1984: Cessna 150C, Hampshire, IL, Substantial damage. Landed on wet runway, overshot, hit barbed wire fence and furrows.

## Other investigations on N7954Z (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 CHI66F0314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0314), Aug 29, 1965: Cessna 150 (N7954Z), Northbrook, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.