# Accident 20000413011929A: Cessna 150H, Lopez, WA, April 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2000, 11:15 local time
- Place: Lopez, WA
- Airport: Lopez Island Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4900° N, 122.8707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4900&lon=-122.8707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50039, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50039-2003-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA00LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000413011929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATES THAT HE OBTAINED RECORDED WEATHER FROM LOCAL AIRPORTS AND SPOKE WITH PILOTS IN THE AIR. HE ALSO STATES THAT THE OVERHEAD SKY APPEARED OBSURED. HE DEPARTED LOPEZ ISLAND AIRPORT AND ENCOUNTERED IMC JUST ABOVE TREE TOP LEVEL. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT IMMEDIATELY AND LANDED IN THE LAST 300-400 FEET OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY END DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT AND COLLIDED WITH A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND BRUSH AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY'S OVER-RUN AREA. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND WAS LATER DECLARED A LOSS.

## 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 SEA00LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA071), Apr 13, 2000: Cessna 150H (N50039), Lopez Island, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Proper touchdown point not attained by the pilot. Factors include excessive speed at touchdown, a wet runway, a fence, and the pilot's inadvertent flight into IMC.

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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