# NTSB CHI88LA066: Cessna 150L, N18225, Springfield, IL, February 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1988, 11:51 local (17:51 UTC)
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Coordinates: 39.850612, -89.650672 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8506&lon=-89.6507&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14048
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14048/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA066

## 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 (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING FOLLOWED BY COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE BOUNCED ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND AND THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN WAS NOSE FIRST WHICH RESULTED IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N18225](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18225), registered now, S/N 15073878, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073878
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Aero Charter, Inc.
- Registered owner: Irvin K Klemmensen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 3, 1987
- Airport: SPI, Capital, runway 22, 7,999 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 25 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SPI

## 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 19880221002989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880221002989A), Feb 21, 1988: Cessna 150L, Springfield, IL, Substantial damage. Made a hard landing. Bounced on first attempt and came down nose first. Nose gear collapsed.

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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