# NTSB ANC06CA135: Cessna 150, N7745E, Anchorage, AK, September 20, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 19, 2006, 18:09 local (Sep 20, 2006, 02:09 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.2, -149.816665
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2000&lon=-149.8167&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64636
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC06CA135
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64636/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA135

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude during final approach, which resulted in an undershoot and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.  A factor associated with the accident was a landing gear collapse.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - distance/altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - collapsed (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
- Fire, landing - roll

## Analysis

The commercial certificated pilot was landing a wheel-equipped airplane at a private gravel-covered airstrip during a Title 14, CFR Part 91 personal flight.  The pilot said he inadvertently allowed the airplane to touchdown about 23 feet short of the airstrip, and the airplane's nosewheel collided with a dirt embankment.  The nosewheel collapsed, but the airplane continued the landing roll on the gravel-covered airstrip.  During the landing roll an engine compartment fire ensued.  After the pilot exited, fire consumed the entire airplane.  The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The commercial certificated pilot was landing a wheel-equipped airplane at a private gravel-covered airstrip during a Title 14, CFR Part 91 personal flight.  The pilot said he inadvertently allowed the airplane to touchdown about 23 feet short of the airstrip, and the airplane's nose wheel collided with a dirt embankment.  The nose wheel collapsed, but the airplane continued the landing roll on the gravel-covered airstrip.  During the landing roll an engine compartment fire ensued.  After the pilot exited, fire consumed the entire airplane.  The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7745E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7745E-2017-06-21), registration cancelled 2017-06-21, S/N 17545, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17545
- Airframe hours: 4560.9
- Engines: Continental O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Thomas W. Wright
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 1, 2006, 6 hours before
- Departed: Anchorage, AK
- Destination: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: runway 070, 1,600 × 20 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; injuries: none; commercial, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 1,747 total, 500 in this make and model, 1,670 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20060919020239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060919020239A), Sep 19, 2006: Cessna 150, Anchorage, AK, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot stated to inspector that he was making a local flight, getting familiar with the aircraft, which he had not flown much recently. He stated he…

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.

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