# NTSB MKC71DCD29: Cessna 150H, N22017, Center Point, IA, September 22, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 22, 1970
- Place: Center Point, IA · CENTER POINT, IA
- Location: 42.1838° N, 91.7805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Center Point, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1838&lon=-91.7805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 1, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158555
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC71DCD29
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71DCD29

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3835  70/9/22    CENTER POINT,IOWA   CESSNA 150H         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 43, 25 TOTAL
        TIME - 1710                    N22017              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          VINTON,IOWA                 MARION,IOWA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- TAXIED INTO CONCEALED HOLE AFTER EARLIER FORCED LDG WHEN ENG QUIT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22017](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22017-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 15068013, built 1967 (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
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N22017 (1)

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 CHI00LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA074), Feb 21, 2000: Cessna 150H (N22017), Wisconsin Rapid, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience and the snowbank.

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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