# Accident 19980610012839A: Cessna 150, Amboy, WA, June 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1998, 17:00 local time
- Place: Amboy, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9308° N, 122.4405° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9308&lon=-122.4405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7759E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7759E-1999-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980610012839A

## Narrative

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

DRAGGED A WING IN BELATED GO AROUND TRYING LAND IN SHORT DIRT STRIP. CARTHWHEELED. (-23)PILOT MADE GO AROUND FROM 800' PRIVATE AIRFIELD, CLIMBED TO 30-50' AGL MADE STEEP RIGHT TURN, RIGHT WING TOUCHED THE GROUND CAUSING THE PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED.  THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES FROM THE CRASH.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (.4) WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE MADE AN APPROACH TO A SMALL PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP ADJACENT TO THE CRASH SITE IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION, THEN BEGAN A GO-AROUND LATE IN THE APPROACH (THEY REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS BELOW THE TOPS OF POWER POLES IN THE AREA AT THIS POINT, AT AN ESTIMATED HEIGHT BETWEEN 30 AND 50 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL). THE ONE-WAY AIRSTRIP, WITH LANDINGS TO THE EAST AND TAKEOFFS TO THE WEST, IS 800 FEET LONG AND HAS TREES AT BOTH ENDS AND ON BOTH SIDES.   THE WITNESSES REPORTED THAT DURING THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A RIGHT TURN, AND THAT IN THIS TURN THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WINGTIP DRAGGED THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO A FIELD.  ON-SCENE INVESTIGATORS FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION, SABOTAGE OR TAMPERING, PREIMPACT AIRFRAME STRUCTURAL FAILURE, OR FIRE.  THE PILOT'S THIRD-CLASS FAA MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS EXPIRED; HOWEVER, AUTOPSY AND TOXICOLOGY TESTS DID NOT INDICATE THAT MEDICAL FACTORS WERE INVOLVED.

## 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 SEA98LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA093), Jun 10, 1998: Cessna 150 (N7759E), Amboy, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude and/or clearance from terrain during a go-around attempt. Factors included a short landing area and trees in the landing area.

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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