# NTSB CHI88LA023: Cessna A150K, N8382M, Elkhart, IN, November 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 14, 1987, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Elkhart, IN
- Coordinates: 41.629768, -85.999511 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6298&lon=-85.9995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14016
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14016/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing
  - radio communications - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - aircraft moving on ground (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command
  - landing gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8382M-1994-03-01), registration cancelled 1994-03-01, S/N A15000082 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Registry model: [Cessna A150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (registry code 2071824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1500082
- Airframe hours: 1440
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871114080049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871114080049A), Nov 14, 1987: Cessna A150K, Elkhart, IN, Substantial damage. Landed before another aircraft had cleared runway. Veered off runway and ground looped the aircraft.

## Other investigations on N8382M (3)

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 CHI93FA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93FA274), Jul 25, 1993: Cessna A150K (N8382M), Goshen, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO SEE AND AVOID EACH OTHER. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE POSITION OF THE SUN WHICH RESULTED IN SUN GLARE FOR THE PILOT OF THE MONG SPORT.
- [NTSB FTW81FPJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPJ19), Apr 15, 1981: Cessna A150K (N8382M), Norman, OK, substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW77FRD38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRD38), Jul 8, 1977: Cessna 150K (N8382M), Gillis, LA, 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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