- Date
- November 11, 1992, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Suffolk, VA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19921111052841A19921111052842A
- Case key
- 11881
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilots in the Cessna 182 to visually identify and avoid the Cessna 150 (inadequate visual lookout). A factor related to the accident was: use of a nonstandard entry into the traffic pattern by the Cessna 182 flight crew.
Failure of the pilots in the Cessna 182 to visually identify and avoid the Cessna 150 (inadequate visual lookout). A factor related to the accident was: use of a nonstandard entry into the traffic pattern by the Cessna 182 flight crew.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Cessna 182, N91868, collided in flight with Cessna 150, N63532, while both were in a left traffic pattern. The Cessna 150 pilots (check pilot and pilot being evaluated) had just landed and took off again for another pattern as the Cessna 182 pilots were entering the pattern to land. As the Cessna 150 was rolling out on a left downwind, the left seat pilot observed the Cessna 182 converging from behind and from the left, so he 'pulled the nose sharply up.' Meanwhile, the passenger in the Cessna 182 alerted the CFI and student pilot in the front seats that the Cessna 150 was converging from the right. The CFI in the Cessna 182 took the controls and 'made a sharp left turn.' The airplanes collided, but were landed safely. The Cessna 150 check pilot stated that the Cessna 182 pilots had made a nonstandard entry into the traffic pattern.
Cessna 182, N91868, collided in flight with Cessna 150, N63532, while both were in a left traffic pattern. The Cessna 150 pilots (check pilot and pilot being evaluated) had just landed and took off again for another pattern, as the Cessna 182 pilots were entering the pattern to land. As the Cessna 150 was rolling out on a left downwind, the left seat pilot observed the Cessna 182 converging from behind and from the left, so he 'pulled the nose sharply up.' Meanwhile, the passenger in the Cessna 182 alerted the CFI and student pilot in the front seats that the Cessna 150 was converging from the right. The CFI in the Cessna 182 took the controls and 'made a sharp left turn.' The airplanes collided, but were landed safely. The Cessna 150 check pilot stated that the Cessna 182 pilots had made a nonstandard entry into the traffic pattern.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N91868
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259940
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- William C. Reuter, Jr.
- Registered owner
- William C. Reuter, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 28, 1992 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- PXT · Patuxent River, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SFQ · Suffock Muni, runway 25, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N63532
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077377
- Airframe hours
- 5,037
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Virginia Aircraft Brokers, Inc
- Registered owner
- Virginia Aircraft Brokers, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- SFQ
- Destination
- PVG · Hampton Roads, VA
- Airport
- SFQ · Suffock Muni, runway 25, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N91868
- Age
- 72
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 23,500 total · 1,500 in this make and model
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N63532
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 43 in this make and model · 310 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.