Clinton Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Clinton, Indiana 47872
Saturday, October 26, 1985 9:00 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/26/1985
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 900
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City CLINTON
Event State INDIANA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 47872
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport CLINTON
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 1I7
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 526
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 846 Central Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 180
Weather Observation Facility ID HUF
Elevation of weather observation facility 585
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 25
Time Zone of the weather observation CST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 25000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 10
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1880
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 26 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1100
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 29262
Date of most recent change to record Apr 7 2001 12:43PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number N10769 N67520
NTSB Number CHI86LA019A CHI86LA019B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None None
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Substantial Substantial
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA CESSNA
Aircraft Model 150 152
Aircraft Series Identifier 150 152
Aircraft Serial Number 15075022 15281887
Certified Max Gross Weight 1600 1670
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No No
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2 2
Number of Engines 1 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Mar 1 1985 12:00AM Sep 25 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 50 62
Airframe Hours 2500 2362
ELT Installed Yes Yes
ELT Activated No No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No No
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name PARKE/VEMILLIAN FLYING CLUB B 7 E AVIATION INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address BOX 94 6050 CLINTON RD.
Aircraft Owner City ROCKVILLE TERRE HAUTE
Aircraft Owner State IN IN
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 47872 47805
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown Unknown
Operator Certificate Number -- --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not -- --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight -- --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail -- --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal Personal
Second Pilot on Board No No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes No
Departure Airport Code 3I3
Departure City TERRE HAUTE
Departure State IN
Departure Country
Departure Time 830 845
Departure Time Zone CST CST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing Landing
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 18 18
Runway Length 3829 3829
Runway Width 40 40
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --