# NTSB CHI99LA074: Cessna 150F, N8142F, Hillsdale, MI, January 19, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1999, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Hillsdale, MI
- Coordinates: 41.919052, -84.62944 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9191&lon=-84.6294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 18, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 45661
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI99LA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/45661/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA074

## Probable cause

the pilot's disregarding preparation for the flight.  Factors were a frozen landing gear wheel, and 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, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,wheel - frozen (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

On landing the airplane swerved to the left and impacted a snowbank.  The pilot indicated that the left main landing gear was frozen with ice and slush accumulation in the main landing gear pant.  He said that the accident could have been prevented by his removal of the wheel pants prior to operating in freezing conditions.

## Factual narrative

On January 19, 1999, at 1850 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150F, N8142F, operated by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with a snowbank when landing on runway 28 (4,000' X 75' dry/asphalt) near Hillsdale, Michigan.  The pilot and one passenger reported no injuries.  The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions.  No flight plan was on file.  The flight departed Wauseon, Ohio, about 1830.

The pilot said in a written statement that on landing the airplane, "... made immediate left into snow on side of runway."  He said that he had left the wheel pants on the main landing gear and that ice and slush had accumulated in them and he thought that the left main landing gear wheel/tire had become frozen.  He told investigators during a verbal interview that he could have avoided the accident if he had removed the wheel pants prior to flying in winter weather and freezing temperatures.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8142F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8142F-2018-03-23), registration cancelled 2018-03-23, S/N 15064242, 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: 15064242
- Airframe hours: 8500
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard F. Geeting
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 31, 1998, 100 hours before
- Departed: USE, WAUSEON, OH
- Destination: JYM
- Airport: Y85, Hillsdale Municipal, runway 28, 4,000 × 75 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: 198 total, 80 in this make and model, 130 as pilot in command, 62 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 19 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19990119000589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990119000589A), Jan 19, 1999: Cessna 150F, Hillsdale, MI, Substantial damage. Upon landing, left brake locked and aircraft veered left. Struck snowbank. Nosecone crumpled upon impact. (-23) upon touchdown, the aircraft veered to the…

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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