Cessna A150K accident near Goshen, IN
On July 25, 1993, a Cessna A150K (airplane) was involved in an accident near Goshen, IN. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 25, 1993
- Place
- Goshen, IN
- Aircraft
- Cessna A150K · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.570°N, 85.830°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X12826
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 25, 1993, about 1815 eastern standard time, a Cessna A150K airplane, N8382M, was destroyed when it collided in-flight with a Mong Sport experimental airplane, N8610E, near Goshen, Indiana. The solo pilots of both airplanes were fatally injured. Both airplanes were owned and registered to the pilot of N8382M, and operated in visual meteorological conditions without flight plan under 14 CFR Part 91. The two pilots had been among a group of pilots and other guests who had been invited to an annual dinner hosted by Korpf Manufacturing, Inc. Korpf Manufacturing owns and maintains the private grass airstrip that the pilot's landed on, and later performed over. The dinner was held in a building adjacent to the airfield. Witnesses reported the two airplanes departed the Korpf airstrip located to the rear of Kropf Manufacturing shortly after dinner, about 1800. Both airplanes departed within a minute of each other. Soon after their departure, both airplanes began maneuvering over or near the east-west aligned airstrip. The Cessna pilot began a series of aerobatic maneuvers over and near the airstrip. Witnesses saw aileron rolls, loops, and cuban eight maneuvers, performed at altitudes estimated between 800 and 1,500 feet. The pilot of the Mong airplane reportedly maneuvered in the vicinity of the traffic pattern, but initially well away from the Cessna. Some witness accounts varied, but an aviation mechanic and a commercial airline pilot gave accounts which corroborated the preponderance of the witness's observations. The Cessna had just finished a maneuver
Probable cause
FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO SEE AND AVOID EACH OTHER. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE POSTION OF THE SUN WHICH RESULTED IN SUN GLARE FOR THE PILOT OF THE MONG SPORT.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
