# Accident 20030201002259A: Cessna 150M, Trading Bay, AK, February 1, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Trading Bay, AK
- Airport: Trading Bay Production Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.8083° N, 151.7000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8083&lon=-151.7000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704JB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030201002259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED A FROZEN LAKE NEAR TRADING BAY. WHILE ENROUTE HE STATES THAT HE HAD AN RPM LOSS AND DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT TRADING BAY. WHEN PILOT OVERFLEW AIRPORT HE NOTED AN AICRAFT NEAR THE RUNWAY AND DECIDED TO LAND BEYOND IT. HE STATES HE LANDED ABOUT THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE RUNWAY. HE TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE HELIPAD AREA AND HE DID NOT APPLY ANY BRAKES, STATING THAT HE HAD PLENTY OF RUNWAY. HE STATES THAT WHEN HE DID APPLY THEM HE DISCOVERED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS GLARE ICE AND HE COULD NOT STOP. HE STATES THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO GO AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A SNOW BERM. PILOT STATES THAT THE LANDING GEAR BOX, TIRE AND ONE WING WAS DAMAGED.

## 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 ANC03LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA025), Feb 1, 2003: Cessna 150 (N704JB), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed application of the airplane brakes resulting in an overrun during the landing roll, and subsequent collision with a snowbank. A contributing factor in the accident was icy runway…

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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