# NTSB ANC02LA046: Cessna 150, N8623J, Hope, AK, June 10, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 9, 2002, 16:40 local (Jun 10, 2002, 00:40 UTC) - Place: Hope, AK - Coordinates: 60.863056, -150.026382 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8631&lon=-150.0264&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 25, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA-AL-ANC FSDO 03 - NTSB case key (mKey): 54889 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC02LA046 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54889/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54889 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA046 ## Probable cause The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a collision with a ditch. A contributing factor in the accident was the presence of a ditch in the landing area. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor) - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause) - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis The private certificated pilot was landing toward the south on a remote grass-covered area. During the landing rollout, the airplane struck a drainage ditch. The airplane nosed over and received damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. ## Factual narrative On June 9, 2002, about 1640 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 150 airplane, N8623J, sustained substantial damage after colliding with a ditch during landing at a remote area, about 13 miles southwest of Hope, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area personal flight when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot. The private certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Merrill Field, Anchorage, Alaska, about 1630. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on June 10, the pilot reported that he was landing on a grass-covered area near the Chickaloon Flats of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The pilot said he was landing toward the south, and during the landing rollout, the airplane struck a drainage ditch. The airplane nosed over and received damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot said the wind conditions at the time were 360 degrees at 10 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8623J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8623J-2002-12-17), registration cancelled 2002-12-17, S/N 15066523, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150 - Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15066523 - Airframe hours: 3687 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Kenneth L. Vohs - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 19, 2001, 50 hours before - Departed: PAMR, ANCHORAGE, AK - Destination: HOPE, AK ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 52; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 1,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 1,100 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 360° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken - Temperature: 50 °F ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20020609017369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020609017369A), Jun 9, 2002: Cessna 150G, Hope, AK, No damage. (-23) The pilot landed downwind with about a 10 kt tailwind, at a remote off airport site next to the chickaloon river on the north end of the kenai peninsula,… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 27, 2002, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54889. 375 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 375 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40443774&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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