# NTSB CHI82DA252: Cessna 150, N8381G, Bloomington, IN, July 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1982, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Location: 39.1460° N, 86.6167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE COUNTY (BMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1460&lon=-86.6167&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69985
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA252
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69985/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA252

## 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 - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING ARRIVAL, HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT UNICOM. HE STATED THAT HE SAW OTHER AIRCRAFT USING RUNWAY 35. A LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 35 WITH THE WIND FROM 180 AT 12 KTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE ROLL-OUT, THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT, THE RIGHT WING TIP HIT THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8381G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15062481
- Airframe hours: 7013
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Aumural M. Butram
- Registered owner: Aumural M. Butram
- Departed: GREENFIELD, IN
- Destination: BLOOMINGTON, IN
- Airport: BMG, Monroe County, runway 35, 5,202 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 109 total, 109 in this make and model, 65 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 190 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BMG

## 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 19820717035079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820717035079A), Jul 17, 1982: Cessna 150F, Bloomington, IN, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control during downwind landing, aircraft flipped inverted.

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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