# NTSB CHI91LA195: Cessna 150, N22494, Cadillac, MI, June 18, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 18, 1991, 13:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place: Cadillac, MI
- Coordinates: 44.240013, -85.410392 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2400&lon=-85.4104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15101
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15101/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA195

## Probable cause

IMPROPER PREFLIGHT, INATTENTIVENESS, FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, AND POOR INFLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - touch-and-go
  - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
  - airspeed(vso) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - encountered
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - open field

## Analysis

THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON CLIMB OUT FOLLOWING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT FROM AN ALTITUDE ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET.  THE AIRCRAFT STALLED IN THE TURN AND CRASHED SHORT OF THE AIRFIELD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ONE TABLESPOON OF FUEL IN CARBURETOR, ONE GALLON IN THE LEFT WING, AND THREE GALLONS IN THE RIGHT WING.  PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN FOR 3.7 HOURS SINCE IT WAS LAST REFUELED.  THIS PILOT HAD BEEN FLYING FOR 0.8 HOURS WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22494](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22494-2000-03-08), registration cancelled 2000-03-08, S/N 15068317 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15068317
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Don De Ruiter, doing business as Northwoods Avaition
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Airport: CAD, Wexford City, runway 18, 2,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; toxicology performed; flight hours: 44 total, 30 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days, 22 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CAD, 1 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 19910618022329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910618022329A), Jun 18, 1991: Cessna 150H, Cadillac, MI, Destroyed. Engine quit on climbout. Aircraft stalled as student made 180. No fuel onboard. Departed with low fuel.

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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