# NTSB CHI88LA245: Cessna 150F, N381VU, Baraboo, WI, September 25, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 25, 1988, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Baraboo, WI
- Coordinates: 43.460887, -89.739151 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4609&lon=-89.7392&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14169
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA245
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14169/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA245

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING ON A SOD STRIP WITH AN 11 KNOT QUARTERING TAILWIND, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND ENCOUNTERED UNEVEN TERRAIN. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND WAS UNABLE TO AVOID A DITCH WITH STANDING WATER IN IT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE DITCH AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N381VU](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N381VU-1994-04-25), registration cancelled 1994-04-25, S/N 15063201 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063201
- Airframe hours: 5410
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Schlieckau, George C.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, October 9, 1987, 248 hours before
- Departed: C35, REEDSBURG, WI
- Destination: C85, BARABOO, WI
- Airport: C85, Baraboo, runway 14, 2,715 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 84; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,600 total, 30 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MSN, 30 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 19880925040179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880925040179A), Sep 25, 1988: Cessna 150F, Baraboo, WI, Substantial damage. Landed downwind near edge of sod strip,entered tall grass,rough ground and overturned in a water filled ditch.

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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