# Accident 20180527015079A: Cessna 150M, Bainbridge Isla, WA, May 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2018, 16:15 local time
- Place: Bainbridge Isla, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7239° N, 122.5439° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7239&lon=-122.5439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6AF-2021-04-03) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180527015079A

## Narrative

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

BASED ON RADAR TRACKING AND WITNESSES? STATEMENTS A CESSNA 150 WAS FLYING LOW (LESS THAN APPROXIMATELY 150?) OVER THE WATERS OF PUGET SOUND WASHINGTON.  IT WAS FLYING NORTH FROM VASHON ISLAND WASHINGTON TOWARDS BAINBRIDGE ISLAND WASHINGTON.  THE PASSENGER OBSERVED THE PILOT NAVIGATING USING ?FOREFLIGHT? ON HIS TABLET, WHICH WAS RESTING ON HIS LAP.  JUST BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER THE PASSENGER OBSERVED THAT THE PILOT LOOKED DOWN AT HIS TABLET AND THE AIRCRAFT UNINTENTIONALLY AND QUICKLY DESCENDED.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER JUST NORTH EAST OF WING POINT, BAINBRIDGE ISLAND WASHINGTON, FLIPPED OVER AND QUICKLY SANK.  THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD, THE PILOT DID NOT EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS FATALLY INJURED.  UPON IMPACT THE PASSENGER WAS INITIALLY KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS; SHE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT, WAS RESCUED AND TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL; SHE SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  BASED ON WITNESSES? AND PASSENGER?S STATEMENTS IT APPEARS THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 WPR18LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA151), May 28, 2018: Cessna 150M (N6AF), Bainbridge Island, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the water and his distraction by using the tablet for navigation, which resulted in his failure to detect that the airplane had entered a descent.

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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