# Accident 19980707024229A: Cessna 150, Oregon City, OR, July 7, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1998, 16:01 local time
- Place: Oregon City, OR
- Airport: Neilson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3194° N, 122.5208° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3194&lon=-122.5208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6417T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6417T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 855 total, 792 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980707024229A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ARRIVED IN THE VICINITY OF HIS AIRSTRIP AND ELECTED TO MAKE AN APPROACH FROM THE EAST. HE STATED THAT 'HE ESTABLISHED ON THE GLIDE SLOPE AND MADE A STABLE DESCENT.  TO ENSURE CLEARING A FENCE THAT HAD BEEN ERECTED AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE AIRSTRIP THAT PENETRATES APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET INTO THE 20 TO 1 GLIDE SLOPE I HELD POWER A COUPLE OF SECONDS LONGER THAN USUAL.  JUST AT THE POINT OF TOUCHDOWN I WITHDREW THE FLAPS AND HAD LANDED HARD ON THE MAIN WHEELS AND HAD A RISE OF 3 TO 4 FEET.  THE SECOND CONTACT WAS ALSO ON THE MAINS WITH LESS RISE-APPROX[IMATELY] 2 FEET.  FINAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND WAS ON THE NOSE GEAR. AT THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND THE NOSEWHEEL DID NOT COLLAPSE QUICKLY-RATHER IT GENTLY FOLDED UNDER THE PLANE AND THE PLANE STOPPED FORWARD MOTION IN APPROX[IMATELY] 10 FEET.'  THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE HAD MADE OVER 950 LANDINGS AT THE AIRSTRIP IN TWENTY YEARS.                                         (-23)IT APPEARS PILOT HAD A HARD LANDING, PORPOISED, AND THEN HIT THE PROPELLER AND TORE THE GEAR OFF.

## 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 SEA98LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA129), Jul 7, 1998: Cessna 150 (N6417T), Oregon City, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare.

## Other reports on N6417T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090205000789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090205000789I), Feb 5, 2009: Cessna 150 (N6417T), Wilsonville, OR, Minor damage. During cruise pilot felt and heard explosion from engine. Pilot made immediate emergency landing in open field. No injuries or airframe damage was reported.…

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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