# NTSB CHI00LA236: Cessna 150M, N6087K, Bloomington, IL, August 3, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 3, 2000, 13:04 local (18:04 UTC) - Place: Bloomington, IL - Coordinates: 40.469249, -88.940795 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4692&lon=-88.9408&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 26, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 49919 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI00LA236 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49919/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA236 ## 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. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - airport sign/marker (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - grass - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed (contributing factor) ## Analysis The airplane exited the north edge of runway 11, impacted a sign, collapsed its nose gear, and sustained substantial damage. The wind was 040 degrees at 12 knots. A FAA postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed no anomalies. ## Factual narrative 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. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6087K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6087K-2010-06-08), registration cancelled 2010-06-08, S/N 15077518, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150M - Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15077518 - Airframe hours: 6185 - Engines: Continental O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Lowell T. Hoffman - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 14, 1999, 56 hours before - Departed: PVT, NORMAL, IL - Destination: BMI - Airport: BMI, Central Illinois Regional, runway 11, 6,500 × 150 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 40° at 12 knots - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken - Temperature: 171 °F, dew point 142 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: BMI ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000803036299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000803036299A), Aug 3, 2000: Cessna 150M, Bloomington-Nor, IL, Substantial damage. (-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… ## Other investigations on N6087K (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 CHI77DET10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DET10), Mar 23, 1977: Cessna 150 (N6087K), Sturgis, MI, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.