# Accident 20130124002609A: Cessna 150L, Matlock, WA, January 24, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2013, 16:00 local time
- Place: Matlock, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4072° N, 123.6889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4072&lon=-123.6889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18690, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18690-2014-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 13 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130124002609A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTY FLIGHT AND HAD DEPARTED BREMERTON, WA. AND HAD LANDED AT THE HOQUIM, WA. AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD CHECKED HIS FUEL QUANITY & OIL LEVEL.  THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SEE ANYONE AT THE HOQUIM AIRPORT AND ESTIMATED THAT HE HAD 13 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD LEFT THE BREMERTON AIRPORT WITH 20 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD AND DETERMINED THAT WITH 13 GALLONS REMAINING, HE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO LAND BACK AT THE BREMERTON AIRPORT. WHILE ENROUTE BACK TO BREMERTON @ FL 3500 HE STATED HE HAD TO LOWER HIS ALTITUDE TO 3000 DUE TO THE WEATHER CLOSING IN ON HIM AND THE VISIBILITY WAS GETTING WORSE, SO HE HAD CHANGED COURSE TO LAND AT SANDERSON AIRFIELD, LOCATED IN SHELTON WA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE NOTICED THAT HIS VSI STARTED TO INDICATE A 750 DESENT RATE AT WHICH TIME HE PITCHED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT UP AND THE AIRSPEED DECREASED. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN ELECTED TO LAND ON A ROAD AND AS HE WAS DESCENDING HE MADE SURE THE THROTTLE & MIXTURE WAS FULL IN AND THEN APPLIED CARB HEAT. DURING THE LANDING FLARE, THE LEFT WING CAUGHT A ROAD SIGN AND SWUNG THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE ROAD AND ENTERED A CLEARCUT AND FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 WPR13LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA101), Jan 24, 2013: Cessna 150L (N18690), Matlock, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power after a descent to a lower altitude due to the student pilot's delayed action in applying carburetor heat while operating in conditions conducive to carburetor icing.

## Other reports on N18690 (2)

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

- [Incident 20040529011949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040529011949I), May 29, 2004: Cessna 150L (N18690), Shreveport, LA. (-23) Aircraft's engine started running rough several miles away from Shreveport Regional Airport (kshv). Engine quit 3 miles from airport, while pilot was on…
- [Accident 19730321006629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730321006629A), Mar 21, 1973: Cessna 150L (N18690), Sheboygan, WI, Substantial damage. Mistook and lndd janesville arpt for rockford. Did not secure assist,dptd became lost. Hit road sign

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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