# NTSB ANC85LA145: Cessna 150M, N704JN, Eureka, AK, August 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1985, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Eureka, AK
- Location: 65.1794° N, 150.2144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eureka, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.1794&lon=-150.2144&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC85LA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4538/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA145

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

PLT APPROACH STRIP HIGH AND FAST, STRUCK A DIRT BERM AND TURNED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N704JN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078649
- Airframe hours: 3479
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Alaska Air Academy
- Registered owner: Selvin C. Gettings
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 16, 1985, 36 hours before
- Departed: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Destination: GKN, GULKANA, AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: E37, Eureka, runway 3, 2,600 × 60 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 36 total, 25 in this make and model, 11 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Observed at: GKN

## 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 19850805038619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850805038619A), Aug 5, 1985: Cessna 150M, Eureka, AK, Substantial damage. Student came in high and fast and struck a frost berm. Flipped over. Airstrip not authorized for student operations

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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