# NTSB DEN83LA067: Cessna 150M, N704HP, Emerado, ND, February 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 27, 1983, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Emerado, ND
- Coordinates: 47.920215, -97.360496 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9202&lon=-97.3605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16044/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA067

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wing - ice (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - separation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING DUE TO WEATHER WHICH INCLUDED ICING AND LOW CEILINGS. ACCORDING TO THE PLT. THE ACFT WOULD NO LONGER HOLD LEVEL FLT DUE TO ICING AND AFTER THE ACFT BROKE OUT AT 300-350 FT AGL HE LANDED AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PLT HAD RECEIVED TWO WEATHER BRIEFINGS. THE FIRST INDICATED VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED. THE FLT WAS DELAYED AND AFTER A LATER BRIEFING WHICH SHOWED SOME IMPROVED WEATHER BUT STILL MARGINAL IN SOME AREAS THE PLT DECIDED TO GO.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704HP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704HP-1986-02-25), registration cancelled 1986-02-25, S/N 1507826 (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: 15078626
- Airframe hours: 1120
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bruce Berg
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 7, 1982
- Departed: 4MN3, HALLOCK, MN
- Destination: MVE, MONTEVIDEO, MN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 349 total, 91 in this make and model, 301 as pilot in command, 53 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Temperature: 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GFK, 12 nm away

## 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 19830227005499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830227005499A), Feb 27, 1983: Cessna 150M, Emerado, ND, Substantial damage. Gear collapsed when pilot made a precautionary landing after flying into an area of adverse weather.

## Other investigations on N704HP (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 CHI77FEC29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEC29), Jun 3, 1977: Cessna 150 (N704HP), Troy, MI, 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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