# NTSB BFO90LA015: Cessna 150M, N63009, Ocean City, NJ, November 11, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 11, 1989, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Ocean City, NJ
- Coordinates: 39.262917, -74.605279 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2629&lon=-74.6053&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 17, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11572
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO90LA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11572/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90LA015

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO OBTAIN PROPER ASSISTANCE OR PROPERLY SECURE (TIE DOWN/CHOCK) THE AIRCRAFT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - starting engine(s)
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - tie down - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft control - not maintained, passenger
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE PILOT STARTED THE ENGINE BY HANDPROPPING WITH A NON-PILOT PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT SEAT APPLYING BRAKES. A WHEEL CHOCK WAS PUT IN FRONT OF THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, THE PASSENGER PUSHED THE THROTTLE FULL FORWARD. THE AIRCRAFT WENT ABOUT 420 FT BEFORE IT STRUCK A FENCE AND STOPPED. THE PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63009](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63009-1990-01-18), registration cancelled 1990-01-18, S/N 15077045 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077045
- Airframe hours: 2236
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Audrey M. Anhalt
- Registered owner: Audrey Anhalt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1989, 16 hours before
- Destination: 1W2, WHITE MARSH, MD
- Airport: 26N, Ocean City, runway 24, 2,970 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 300 total, 270 in this make and model, 240 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ACY

## 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 19891111044969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891111044969A), Nov 11, 1989: Cessna 150M, Ocean City, NJ, Substantial damage. Chocked wheel cracked throttle. Start by hand prop 150 ran into fence. Passenger holding brakes pushed throttle in.

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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