Probable cause
The lack of radio communication with the airplane and the inadequate visual lookout by the driver of the vehicle.
NTSB analysis
The student pilot and certified flight instructor were returning from a local instructional flight when a truck entered the active runway during landing. The wing of the airplane impacted the truck when the flight instructor attempted a go-around to avoid hitting the truck. The student pilot, flight instructor, and driver of the truck were uninjured. The truck driver did not have an available radio to receive and provide traffic advisories.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CHI08CA277 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Sep 4, 2008
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Wadsworth, Ohio
- Nearest airport
- Weltzien Skypark Airport (15G)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 150L
- N-number
- N18538
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.