# NTSB CHI87LA222: Cessna 150H, N6469S, Sparta, WI, September 27, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 27, 1987, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Sparta, WI
- Coordinates: 43.939731, -90.800346 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9397&lon=-90.8003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13834
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13834/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA222

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - lift-off - premature
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - berm (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff - aborted

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS TAKING OFF ON HIS PVT STRIP IN A PREVAILING 12 KT X-WIND THAT WAS VRBL & BLOWING FM A 'LULL' TO 18 KTS. HE SAID THE STRIP WAS LOCATED NEAR AN L-SHAPED RIDGE WHICH ATTENUATED THE GENERAL WIND FLOW. ALSO, HE SAID THE 1900' SOD STRIP SLOPED DOWNHILL TWD THE NE & HAD A SLIGHT RIDGE NR THE MIDPOINT. AS THE PLT WAS TAKING OFF, THE ACFT INADVER- TENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE AS IT CROSSED OVER THE RIDGE IN THE RWY. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE ACFT ENCTRD A GUST & ROLLED TO THE LEFT. THE PLT CORRECTED THE ROLL WITH AILERON & RUDDER. HOWEVER, SINCE THE ACFT WAS IN TURBULENT CONDS AT MIN SPEED, HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. HE SAID THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 300' FM THE DEPARTURE END & WENT OFF THE STRIP. RPRTDLY, IT HAD SLOWED TO A FAST TAXI SPEED WHEN IT HIT A DITCH & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6469S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6469S), registered now, S/N 15067269, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067269
- Airframe hours: 4319
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James R. Hickey
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, April 10, 1987, 81 hours before
- Airport: Pvt Strip, runway 4, 1,900 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,638 total, 909 in this make and model, 1,459 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LSE, 20 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 19870927056579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870927056579A), Sep 27, 1987: Cessna 150H, Sparta, WI, Substantial damage. Aborted takeoff after a premature liftoff. Ran off end of runway and overturned in a ditch. Gusty crosswind 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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