# NTSB DEN84LA269: Cessna 150F, N7097F, Price, UT, August 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1984, 13:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Price, UT
- Coordinates: 39.570224, -110.799041 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5702&lon=-110.7990&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16470
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA269
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16470/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA269

## Sequence of events

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

- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - performance data - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS FOLLOWING A MOUNTAIN ROAD THROUGH A PASS WHEN AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE BECAME INSUFFICIENT TO OUT CLIMB RISINGTERRAIN AND CONTINUED UNTIL THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT MANUVERING ROOM TO REVERSE COURSE. A FORCED LANDING WAS EFFECTED ON THE ROAD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE DURING ROLL OUT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7097F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7097F-1989-03-08), registration cancelled 1989-03-08, S/N 15063697 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063697
- Airframe hours: 1672
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ronald W. Steele
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 9, 1984

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 279 total, 279 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 4 knots, gusting 6
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PUC, 10 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 19840827044109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840827044109A), Aug 27, 1984: Cessna 150F, Price, UT, Substantial damage. Aircraft would not outclimb rising terrain. Pilot attempted landing on a highway and struck a truck.

## Other investigations on N7097F (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 ANC67D0019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC67D0019), Aug 18, 1966: Cessna 150 (N7097F), Fairbanks, AK, 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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