Cessna 150 N704WN

Summary

On 20 March 1983 at about 20:34 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N704WN was involved in an accident near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 March 1983 at 20:34

Classification

Accident

Location

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Oshkosh (OSH)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N704WN

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mosinee → Greenbay

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA147

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A SUPERVISED, SOLO, X-COUNTRY FLT FROM MOSINEE, WI, TO OSHKOSH, WI, GREEN BAY, WI, THEN RETURN TO MOSINEE. THE FIRST LEG OF THE FLIGHT WAS FLOWN WITH NO PROBLEM. BEFORE TAKEOFF AT OSHKOSK, THE STUDENT WAS TAXIING SOUTHBOUND WITH A LEFT QUARTING TAIL WIND WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED AN ICY AREA ON THE TAXIWAY. REPORTEDLY, THE CONTROLS WERE POSITIONED PROPERLY FOR THE WIND CONDITIONS. AS THE ACFT CROSSED THE ICY AREA, IT BEGAN TO SLIDE TO THE RIGHT. THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL HIT PAVEMENT WHICH STOPPED THE SLIDE. HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME, THE ACFT BANKED RIGHT & THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 15, GUSTING 20 KTS. THE 1455 CST WIND AT OSHKOSH WAS REPORTED FROM 040 DEG AT 18 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.