# NTSB MKC82DA043: Cessna 150M, N45078, Lee'S Summit, MO, March 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1982, 14:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Lee'S Summit, MO
- Coordinates: 38.90953, -94.380966 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9095&lon=-94.3810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71406
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71406/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA043

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND DOWN A BANK. THE NOSE GEAR ENTERED A DITCH CAUSING IT TO FAIL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N45078](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45078-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 15076725, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15076725
- Airframe hours: 2080
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gordon R. Van Gilder
- Registered owner: Gordon R. Van Gilder
- Departed: INDEPENDENCE, MO
- Destination: INDEPENDENCE, MO
- Airport: K84, Mccomas-Lee'S Summit, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## 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.; flight hours: 279 total, 106 in this make and model, 232 as pilot in command, 47 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 162 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKC, 14 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 19820310004359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820310004359A), Mar 10, 1982: Cessna 150M, Lees Summit, MO, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in gusty wind. Ran off side of runway into a ditch.

## Other investigations on N45078 (2)

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 CHI99LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA212), Jul 5, 1999: Cessna 150M (N45078), Lyons, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel management leading to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB MKC77FCG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FCG03), Oct 17, 1976: Cessna 150M (N45078), Waldron, MO, 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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