# Accident 19830814040699A: Cessna 150D, Granite Falls, OR, August 14, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1983, 09:55 local time
- Place: Granite Falls, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0507° N, 121.7394° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0507&lon=-121.7394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4446U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4446U-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 481 total, 440 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA83FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830814040699A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WITNESS OBSERVED AIRCRAFT IN A LEFT TURN THEN ENTERING A LEFT SPIN UNTIL STRIKING GROUND IN VERTICAL ATTITUDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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 SEA83FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FA178), Aug 14, 1983: Cessna 150 (N4446U), Granite Falls, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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