# NTSB CHI87LA190: Cessna 150, N9456U, Wheeling, IL, July 30, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 30, 1987, 10:54 local (15:54 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Coordinates: 42.130577, -87.920349 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1306&lon=-87.9203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13810
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13810/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA190

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HER FOURTH SUPERVISED SOLO MAKING TOUCH-&-GO LNDGS. DRG A LNDG, THE ACFT BALLOONED, THEN TOUCHED DOWN HARD. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, & SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CAME TO REST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9456U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9456U-2023-11-30), registration cancelled 2023-11-30, S/N 15078404, built 1976 (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: 15078404
- Airframe hours: 4607
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Geo. J. Priester Aviation Serv
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 23, 1987, 91 hours before
- Departed: PWK
- Airport: PWK, Pal-Waukee, runway 24R, 3,652 × 52 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 1 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: NBU, 5 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 19870730079229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870730079229A), Jul 30, 1987: Cessna 150M, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Made a hard landing. Nose gear collapsed. Lost directional control. Veered off runway. Aircraft nosed over.

## Other investigations on N9456U (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 CHI94LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA331), Sep 17, 1994: Cessna 150 (N9456U), Winnetka, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO AN UNDETERMINED REASON. THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED LANDING WAS A FACTOR.

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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