# Accident 20051001023189A: Cessna 150D, Greenwater, WA, October 1, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2005, 19:00 local time
- Place: Greenwater, WA
- Airport: Ranger Creek Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0208° N, 121.5250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0208&lon=-121.5250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4175U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4175U-2008-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,859 total, 800 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051001023189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N4175U EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AFTER THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RANGER CREEK AIRPORT (21W). THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA TRYING TO RETURN TO 21W.

## 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 SEA06CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA001), Oct 2, 2005: Cessna 150D (N4175U), Greenwater, WA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertently flying into IMC weather conditions, his failure to maintain sufficient airspeed for flight, and his subsequent inadvertent stall/mush into trees. Contributing factors were…

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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