# Accident 20050513008969A: Cessna 150M, Elk River, ID, May 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2005, 17:45 local time
- Place: Elk River, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7678° N, 116.1672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7678&lon=-116.1672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704JJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704JJ-2005-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050513008969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY IN A DIRECTIN NOT TYPICALLY USED FOR THIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. PILOT CONDUCTED COMBINATION SOFT/SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF, AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE TAKEOFF, INITIATED A LEFT TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT (PILOT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE OBSTACLES AHEAD), ULTIMATELY STRIKING AT LEAST ONE TREE, BEFORE STRIKING THE GROUND AT A NEAR VERTICAL, INVERTED ATTITUDE. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION, COUPLED WITH WITNESS STATEMENTS, SUPPORT A STALL, FOLLOWED BY AN INITIAL SPIN ROTATION. PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF CLIMBOUT HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT IN COORDINATED FLIGHT, AND THAT HIS PASSENGER WAS INADVERTENTLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE RUDDER PEDALS, INITIALLY RIGHT RUDDER, AND THAT AS A RESULT, HE OBSERVED POOR CLIMB PERFORMANCE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS, THE PILOT BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE OBSTACLES AHEAD AND ELECTED TO TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT DURING THE TURN HIS PASSENGER BECAME GREATLY ALARMED, SCREAMED, AND PULLED ON THE CONTROLS. ASSOCIATED WEIGHTS AND TEMPERATURS YIELD AT OR NEAR GROSS WEIGHT TAKEOFF AT A DENSITY ALTITUDE IN EXCESS OF 4.000 MSL.

## 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 SEA05LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA098), May 14, 2005: Cessna 150M (N704JJ), Elk River, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to control the airplane during initial climb due to the restricted movement of the control yoke and rudder control by the passenger, which resulted in a loss of control and…

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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