# Accident 20201116017999A: Cessna 150L, Colton, OR, November 16, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2020, 06:02 local time
- Place: Colton, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0500° N, 122.1560° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0500&lon=-122.1560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18666, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18666-2022-09-26) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC21LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201116017999A

## Narrative

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

N18666 DEPARTED SALEM (KSLE) AIRPORT WITH IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO TROUTDALE (KTTD) AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 13:15Z.  AT APPROXIMATELY 13:23Z)THE PILOT CANCELS IFR AND REPORTED THEY WILL BE BYPASSING TROUTDALE AND GO TO PENDLETON, OREGON (KPDT).   AT 13:35Z THE CPC GIVES PILOT A DETAILED WEATHER PICTURE ALONG THEIR ROUTE AND OFFERS AN IFR CLEARANCE.  THE PILOT ASKS FOR FLIGHT FOLLOWING TO BKE VIA PDT.   THE CPC ISSUES A DISCREET BEACON CODE AND RADAR CONTACT.  CPC ASKS FOR PILOTS REQUESTED ALTITUDE AND PILOT SAYS 070. AT 13:39Z THE HOOD CPC VERIFIES PILOTS ROUTE AND ADVISES OF THE WEATHER NEAR THE GORGE NORTH OF MT. HOOD AND THAT IT`S SHOWING CLEAR SOUTH OF MT. HOOD.  THE PILOT DECIDES TO GO SOUTH OF MT. HOOD. THE CPC OFFERS THE PILOT AN IFR CLEARANCE IF THEY WOULD LIKE IT.  THE PILOT SAYS THEY WILL RESUME THEIR OWN NAVIGATION.  AT 13:56Z N18666 BEGINS SOME UNUSUAL MANEUVERS AND EVENTFULLY LOSES ALTITUDE. AT 14:02Z ZSE05 CALLS P80 HOOD WITH AN EMERGENCY ON N18666.  THE PILOT HAD TOLD ZSE05 THAT HE THINKS THEIR PITOT STATIC SYSTEM IS ICED UP AND ZSE ASKS FOR THE VECTORING ALTITUDE IN THAT AREA AND WILL PUT AIRCRAFT ON A 270 HEADING.  MODE C IS LOST AT 14:03Z WITH LAST OBSERVED ALTITUDE OF 059.  WRECKAGE WAS LATER LOCATED NEAR LAST OBSERVED POSITION, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A NEAR VERTICAL ANGLE.

## 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 ANC21LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA007), Nov 16, 2020: Cessna 150L (N18666), Colton, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain positive control of the airplane in mountainous terrain during dark night conditions as a result of spatial disorientation which led to a loss of control and…

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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