- Date
- July 21, 1975
- Place
- Runnells, IA · RUNNELLS, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150401
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0022 75/7/21 RUNNELLS,IA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2100 TIME - 1930 N2251B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - EKMAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUNNELLS,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY UNICOM CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT REMARKS- CESSNA PLT STARTED FLARE THEN SAW LUSCOMBE UNDER HIM.LUSCOMBE SUSTAINED MINOR DMG ABV COCKPIT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0022 75/7/21 RUNNELLS,IA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 14 TOTAL TIME - 1930 N18541 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - EKMAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUNNELLS,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY UNICOM CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT REMARKS- STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO BOTH ACFT LNDD WITHOUT FURTHER DMG.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N18541
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Ekman Field
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.
- Registration
- N2251B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Ekman Field
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.