# NTSB CHI08CA277: Cessna 150L, N18538, Wadsworth, OH, September 4, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 4, 2008, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Wadsworth, OH
- Coordinates: 41.028331, -81.798332 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0283&lon=-81.7983&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 22, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69037
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08CA277
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69037/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA277

## Probable cause

The lack of radio communication with the airplane and the inadequate visual lookout by the driver of the vehicle.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Communication (personnel): lack of communication](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063510): Personnel issues › Task performance · Ground crew (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150L, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063510/cases.md?model=2071826), [All aircraft, 84 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063510/cases.md)
- [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Ground crew (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150L, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=2071826), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150L, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320/sequence.md?model=2071826), [All aircraft, 104 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The student pilot and certified flight instructor were returning from a local instructional flight when a truck entered the active runway during landing. The wing of the airplane impacted the truck when the flight instructor attempted a go-around to avoid hitting the truck. The student pilot, flight instructor, and driver of the truck were uninjured. The truck driver did not have an available radio to receive and provide traffic advisories.

## Factual narrative

The student pilot and certified flight instructor were returning from a local instructional flight when a truck entered the active runway during landing. The wing of the airplane impacted the truck when the flight instructor attempted a go-around to avoid hitting the truck. The student pilot, flight instructor, and driver of the truck were uninjured. The truck driver did not have an available radio to receive and provide traffic advisories.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N18538](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18538-2022-12-03), registration cancelled 2022-12-03, S/N 15073926 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073926
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Skypark Inc
- Registered owner: Skypark Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: 15G, Wadsworth, OH
- Destination: 15G, Wadsworth, OH
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: 15G, Weltzien Skypark Airport, runway 21

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 3,150 total, 650 in this make and model
- Student pilot; age 16; injuries: none; student; seat: left; flight hours: 8 total, 8 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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.

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