Cessna 150H N22017

Summary

On 21 February 2000 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 150H registered N22017 was involved in an accident near Wisconsin Rapid, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 February 2000 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wisconsin Rapid, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Alexander Field (ISW)

Coordinates

44.3409, -89.7300

Aircraft

Cessna 150H

Registration

N22017

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI00LA074

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience and the snowbank.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane exited the left side of the runway during takeoff and contacted a snowbank. The student pilot was performing solo takeoff and landing practice during the accident flight. In his written statement, the pilot said that the accident takeoff was his third takeoff. He said that when he was near takeoff speed the, '...tail end of [the] airplane started to fishtail badly....' He said that he attempted to correct and subsequently exited the left side of the runway and hit a snowbank. Postaccident examination of the aircraft failed to reveal any anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.