# NTSB CHI85LA074: Cessna 150F, N8232F, Staunton, IL, December 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 22, 1984, 17:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place: Staunton, IL
- Location: 39.0117° N, 89.7907° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Staunton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0117&lon=-89.7907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12974
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12974/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA074

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, THE ACFT CONTACTED A PARKED TRUCK. THE PLT ATTRIBUTED THE COLLISION TO HIS LACK OF ALERTNESS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8232F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8232F), registered now, S/N 15064332, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064332
- Airframe hours: 1981
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles L. Nichols
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 6, 1984, 120 hours before
- Departed: 1HO, ST. LOUIS, MO
- Airport: 9H8, Willholt, runway 27, 1,000 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 340 total, 260 in this make and model, 240 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: STL

## 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 19841222067789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841222067789A), Dec 22, 1984: Cessna 150F, Staunton, IL, Substantial damage. During taxi, wing struck gas truck parked too close to taxiway. Aircraft pivoted striking unattended tractor.

## Other investigations on N8232F (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 CHI67D0619](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67D0619), Apr 4, 1967: Cessna 150 (N8232F), Fort Wayne, IN, 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.

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