# Accident 20000803036299A: Cessna 150M, Bloomington-Nor, IL, August 3, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 3, 2000, 13:04 local time - Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL - Airport: Bloomington-Normal - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.4692° N, 88.9408° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4692&lon=-88.9408&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6087K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6087K-2010-06-08) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M - Reported engine: CONT O200* - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA236) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000803036299A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON AUGUST 3, 2000 A STUDENT PILOT, WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT CENTRAL ILLINOIS REGIONAL AIRPORT AT BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, DID AFTER TOUCH DOWN, DEPART THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH A RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION SIGN. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED BY THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT. AN AFTER ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED NO MALFUNCTION OR ABNORMALITIES OF THE AIRPLANE. (.4) ON AUGUST 3, 2000, AT 1304 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N6087K, PILOTED BY A STUDENT PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A LANDING ROLL ON RUNWAY 11 (6,500 FEET X 150 FEET, DRY/CONCRETE, ASPHALT) AT CENTRAL ILLINOIS REGIONAL AIRPORT (BMI), NEAR BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. THE INSTRUCTIONAL SOLO FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE FIELD NEAR NORMAL, ILLINOIS ABOUT 1230 AND WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES AT BMI AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED, "MY FIRST LANDING WENT SMOOTHLY AND I WENT AROUND FOR MY SECOND TRY. BECAUSE OF THE SLIGHT CROSS WIND FROM THE LEFT, AS I LANDED I TOUCHED THE LEFT MAIN DOWN JUST BEFORE THE RIGHT MAIN. AS I BROUGHT THE RIGHT MAIN ONTO THE [G]ROUND I FELT IT SHAKING AS IF [IT] WERE LOOSE OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT. IT BECAME BETTER MOMENTARILY SO I DECIDED TO POWER UP AND TAKE OFF AGAIN. AS I DID, IT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SHAKE AGAIN. I QUICKLY PULLED THE POWER SO I COULD TAXI TO THE RAMP AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. JUST AS I TOOK THE POWER OFF I NOTICED THE PLANE WANTING TO PULL TO THE LEFT. I TRIED TO CORRECT THIS WITH RIGHT RUDDER. EVEN WITH FULL RIGHT RUDDER I COULDN'T CORRECT IT ENOUGH TO KEEP IT ON THE RUNWAY. I THEN TRIED THE RIGHT BRAKE BUT IT ALSO DID NOTHING TO KEEP ME ON THE RUNWAY. I THEN WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS." HE SAID, "I THEN SAW A RUNWAY SIGN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME AND BEGAN TRYING TO MOVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID THE SIGN. NO MATTER WHAT I DID I FOUND MYSELF UNABLE TO CONTROL THE PLANE IN ANY WAY. I THEN RAN INTO AND THROUGH THE SIGN AND ACROSS A TAXI WAY. AFTER RE-ENTERING THE GRASS AGAIN I LOST THE NOSE WHEEL AND THE NOSE WENT DOWN INTO THE DIRT." AT 1304, THE BMI WEATHER OBSERVATION WAS: WIND 040 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS; VISIBILITY 20 STATUTE MILES; SKY CONDITION SCATTERED 2,000 FEET BROKEN 20,000 FEET; TEMPERATURE 25 DEGREES C; DEW POINT 16 DEGREES C; ALTIMETER 30.10 INCHES OF MERCURY. A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR PERFORMED A POSTACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE. THE INSPECTION REVEALED NO ANOMALIES. THE FAA INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT'S AND STUDENT PILOT'S RECORDS. NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND IN THE STUDENT PILOT'S TRAINING. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 CHI00LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA236), Aug 3, 2000: Cessna 150M (N6087K), Bloomington, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot not maintaining directional control of the airplane. Factors were the crosswind weather condition, the airport sign, and the collapsed nose gear. ## Other reports on N6087K (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19770323006299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770323006299A), Mar 23, 1977: Cessna 150M (N6087K), Sturgis, MI, Substantial damage. Wind gust to 14K. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. 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