# NTSB CHI82DA233: Cessna 150M, N63183, Santisgo, MN, July 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1982, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Santisgo, MN
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72551
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA233
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72551/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA233

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,valve,intake - movement restricted (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

DURING AERIAL PHOTO MISSION ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT HEADED HOME BUT WAS FORCED TO LAND ENROUTE. AIRCRAFT SWERVED AND NOSED OVER. EXAM OF ENGINE SHOWED EXHAUST VALVE STUCK OPEN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63183](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63183-1984-05-24), registration cancelled 1984-05-24, S/N 15077161 (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: 150 77161
- Airframe hours: 3990
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: State Aerial Farm
- Registered owner: State Aerial Farm
- Departed: ST. CLOUD, MN
- Destination: ST. CLOUD, MN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 779 total, 311 in this make and model, 603 as pilot in command, 311 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 185 °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 19820703028279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820703028279A), Jul 3, 1982: Cessna 150M, Santiago, MN, Substantial damage. Aircraft flipped inverted during emergency landing in soft field. Exhaust valve on #2 cylinder stuck open.

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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