# NTSB ANC82DAG50: Cessna 150, N60460, Kodiak, AK, August 23, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1982, 19:00 local (Aug 23, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71286
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DAG50
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71286/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG50

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM A GRAVEL BAR THAT WAS SURROUNDED BY HIGHER TERRAIN. REPORTEDLY, THE WIND WAS CALM UNTIL AFTER LIFT-OFF, THEN A STRONG CROSSWIND WAS ENCOUNTERED AS THE PLANE CLEARED HIGHER TERRAIN. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE PLANE WAS HIT BY THE CROSSWIND AND WAS PUSHED INTO A TREE TOP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60460](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60460-2012-11-14), registration cancelled 2012-11-14, S/N 15070323, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070323
- Airframe hours: 3952
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert Basham
- Registered owner: Robert Basham
- Departed: KODIAK, AK
- Destination: KODIAK, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 627 total, 590 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 25 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles

## 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 19820822064469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820822064469A), Aug 22, 1982: Cessna 150, Kodiak, AK, Substantial damage. During takeoff from a gravel bar a strong quartering tail wind at tree top level drifted airplane into trees.

## Other investigations on N60460 (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 NYC71DFD31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC71DFD31), Jan 13, 1971: Cessna 150 (N60460), Franklin, MA, substantial damage

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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