# NTSB CHI90LA135: Cessna 150F, N8098F, White Cloud, MI, May 28, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1990, 14:29 local (18:29 UTC)
- Place: White Cloud, MI
- Coordinates: 43.550079, -85.770805 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5501&lon=-85.7708&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 8, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14673
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA135
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14673/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA135

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING A LANDING FLARE AND TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL AVIATION EXPERIENCE IS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS THIRD SUPERVISED SOLO. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON LANDING AND THEN CAME DOWN LEFT WING FIRST. THE AIRPLANE THEN WENT OFF THE PAVED RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER IN MUD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8098F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8098F-2017-05-23), registration cancelled 2017-05-23, S/N 15064198, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064198
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Warren C. Juhl
- Airport: 42C, White Cloud

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; medical: class 3, unknown; flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Observed at: GRR, 40 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 19900528017669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900528017669A), May 28, 1990: Cessna 150F, White Cloud, MI, Substantial damage. Third solo bounced lost control veered off runway into mud and nosed over.

## Other investigations on N8098F (2)

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 CHI77FEP21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEP21), Feb 18, 1977: Cessna 150 (N8098F), La Crosse, WI, substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI72DEA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72DEA27), Jan 8, 1972: Cessna 150 (N8098F), Lebanon, IN, substantial damage

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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