# NTSB CHI86LA019: Cessna 150, N10769, Clinton, IN, October 26, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 26, 1985, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Clinton, IN
- Coordinates: 39.759109, -87.23014 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7591&lon=-87.2301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13376
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13376/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA019

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - aircraft moving on ground
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - judgment - poor, pilot of other aircraft (cause)
  - visual lookout - inattentive, pilot of other aircraft (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot of other aircraft (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor)

## Analysis (aircraft 2)

BOTH STUDENT PLTS WERE MAKING AN APCH TO THE SAME RWY AT THE TIME. THE CESSNA 152 TOUCHED DOWN AND WAS IN ITS LANDING ROLL WHEN THE CESSNA 150 LANDED ON TOP WITH ITS NOSE WHEEL AND PROP IN THE 152'S REAR WINDOW.

## Analysis (aircraft 1)

BOTH STUDENT PLTS WERE MAKING AN APCH TO THE SAME RWY AT THE SAME TIME. THE CESSNA 152 HAD TOUCHED DOWN AND WAS IN ITS LANDING ROLL WHEN THE CESSNA 150 LANDED ON TOP WITH ITS NOSE WHEEL AND PROP IN THE 152'S REAR WINDOW.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: N10769 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075022
- Airframe hours: 2500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Parke/Vemillian Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 1, 1985, 50 hours before
- Airport: 1I7, Clinton, runway 18, 3,829 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N67520](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67520-2013-02-13), registration cancelled 2013-02-13, S/N 15281887, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281887
- Airframe hours: 2362
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: B 7 E Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 25, 1985, 62 hours before
- Departed: 3I3, TERRE HAUTE, IN
- Airport: 1I7, Clinton, runway 18, 3,829 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot, aircraft N10769; age 40; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours
- Pilot, aircraft N67520; age 52; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HUF, 25 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (2)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851026054001A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851026054001A), Oct 26, 1985: Cessna 150L, Clinton, IN, Substantial damage. Touched down with nose wheel and propeller in the back window of 67520 who had just landed.
- [Accident 19851026054002A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851026054002A), Oct 26, 1985: Cessna 152, Clinton, IN, Substantial damage. Struck from above and behind by 10769. Touchdown was completed when metal sounds were heard. Lost control.

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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