# NTSB CHI90LA083: Cessna 150H, N50003, Plainwell, MI, February 18, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 18, 1990, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Plainwell, MI
- Coordinates: 42.439746, -85.640518 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4397&lon=-85.6405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 5, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14634
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14634/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA083

## Probable cause

FOREIGN OBJECT (ICE), WHICH JAMMED THE RIGHT WHEEL.  A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS:  THE SNOWBANK.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - landing gear,main gear - foreign object (cause)
  - landing gear,wheel - jammed (cause)
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, other

## Analysis

THE PILOT/OWNER REPORTED THAT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF ON AN ICE COVERED RUNWAY WITH A DIRECT CROSSWIND, HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN/REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER.  AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT DISCOVERED A PIECE OF ICE WEDGED INSIDE THE WHEELPANT OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, WHICH HE BELIEVED 'SEIZED THE WHEEL.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50003](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50003-2004-08-10), registration cancelled 2004-08-10, S/N 15069000, built 1968 (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: 15069000
- Airframe hours: 4573
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Combs, Jerry A.
- Registered owner: Combs, Jerry A
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 31, 1989, 51 hours before
- Departed: 61D
- Destination: 07G, CHARLOTTE, MI
- Airport: 61D, Otsego-Plainwell Muni, runway 27, 2,650 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 290 total, 251 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AZO, 14 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 19900218002359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900218002359A), Feb 18, 1990: Cessna 150H, Plainwell, MI, Substantial damage. Veered into a snowbank on edge of runway and nosed over. A piece of ice wedged in wheel cover stopping rotation.

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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