- Date
- November 14, 1987, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Elkhart, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8382MCessna A150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871114080049A
- Case key
- 14016
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt of Cessna A150K, N8382M, was landing after the plt of another Cessna 150 had landed & had started to back-taxi up the same rwy. The plt of the other acft stated that she had announced her intentions to back taxi up the rwy & that she did not hear any traffic calls from N8382M thru-out her landing sequence. Also, she stated that it was normal practice at that arpt to back-taxi on the paved rwy rather than in the grass. At about the same time, both plts saw the other's acft. The plt of N8382M maneuvered to the left while the plt of the other acft turned to the right. Subsequently, the landing gear of N8382M collapsed as the plt intentionally ground looped the acft to avoid a collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8382M
- Reported as
- Cessna A150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500082
- Airframe hours
- 1,440
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wilford W. Mann
- Registered owner
- Wilford W. Mann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1987
- Departed
- 3C1
- Destination
- 3C1
- Airport
- 3C1 · Mishawaka, runway 21, 2,600 × 40 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,762 total · 431 in this make and model · 5,542 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8382M · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.