# Accident 20100914047529A: Cessna 150M, Bethel, AK, September 14, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2010, 01:00 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7786° N, 161.8372° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7786&lon=-161.8372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45624, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45624-2012-11-14) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100914047529A

## Narrative

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

THE PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COMPLETEING HIS . THIRD LANDING FOR HIS NIGHT CURRENCY. ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 19 AT THE BETHEL ARPORT THE AIRCRAFT DECENDED BELOW THE THE VASI AND HE DID NOT ADD SUFFICIENT POWER TO CORRECT HIS FLIGHT PATH. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ONE OF THE APPROACH LIGHTS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CRASH SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRFAT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. HE WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. I WILL ADMINISTER A 44709 REEXAMINATION OF HIS COMPETANCY TO HOLD COMMERCIAL  CERTIFICATE.

## 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 ANC10CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA089), Sep 14, 2010: Cessna 150M (N45624), Bethel, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance during a night approach, resulting in a collision with terrain short of the runway.

## Other reports on N45624 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910808041709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910808041709I), Aug 8, 1991: Cessna 150M (N45624), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Pilot touched down hard and aircraft bounced. Applied power and landed. Damaged nose wheel assembly.

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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