# Accident 20060919020239A: Cessna 150, Anchorage, AK, September 19, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2006, 18:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2000° N, 149.8167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2000&lon=-149.8167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7745E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7745E-2017-06-21) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,742 total, 500 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060919020239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED TO INSPECTOR THAT HE WAS MAKING A LOCAL FLIGHT, GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH HE HAD NOT FLOWN MUCH RECENTLY. HE STATED HE ENTERED THE PATTERN, TURNED BASE, THEN TURNED FINAL. HE THEN RETARDED THE THROTTLE AND STARTED THE GLIDE TO LANDING. HE STATED HE LOOKED LIKE HE WOULD BE LANDING A LITTLE SHORT, AND SLOWED DOWN TO STRETCH THE GLIDE. HE SAID HE "NEVER MADE THE COMMAND DECISION TO ADD POWER OR GO-AROUND." THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FORWARD. THE GASCOLATOR BROKE, AND THE LEAKING FUEL STARTED A FIRE. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE DOOR IN THE NORMAL MANNER, AND WATCHED AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE ENSUING FIRE. THE PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 ANC06CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA135), Sep 20, 2006: Cessna 150 (N7745E), Anchorage, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude during final approach, which resulted in an undershoot and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was a landing…

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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