# NTSB CHI85LA384: Cessna 150H, N50433, Racine, WI, September 21, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 21, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Racine, WI
- Coordinates: 42.729152, -87.830314 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7292&lon=-87.8303&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): 13218
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA384
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13218/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA384

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, go-around (vfr)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED A GUST OF WIND RESULTED IN A NOSE HIGH LEFT TURN JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. POWER WAS ADDED & THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50433](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50433-1998-09-21), registration cancelled 1998-09-21, S/N 15069300 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069300
- Airframe hours: 2800
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: James S. Uick
- Registered owner: James Ulck
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: RAC
- Airport: RAC, Horlick-Racine

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKE, 10 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 19850921046789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850921046789A), Sep 21, 1985: Cessna 150H, Racine, WI, Substantial damage. Applied power for go around and wingtip struck runway. Aircraft ran off side of runway into ditch.

## Other investigations on N50433 (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 CHI98LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA226), Jun 28, 1998: Cessna 150H (N50433), Osceola, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's incomplete preflight, and the instructor pilot's inadequate supervision of the student's preflight. Factors were the fuel contaminated with water, and the roadway encountered…

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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