# NTSB FTW82DRA26: Cessna 150, N150WM, Friendswood, TX, August 28, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1982, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Friendswood, TX
- Location: 29.5077° N, 95.2006° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Friendswood, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5077&lon=-95.2006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70765
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DRA26
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70765/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRA26

## Sequence of events

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

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - engine(s) operating
  - procedures/directives - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, passenger (cause)
  - unsafe/hazardous condition - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT OF N150WM WAS GIVING FREE RIDES TO GUESTS. HE TAXIED TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AFTER A LANDING AND DISCHARGED A PASSENGER. A FEMALE PASSENGER WALKED OUT TO THE AIRPLANE TO GET IN BUT DUE TO THE FACT SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY RODE, THE PILOT ASKED HER TO LET SOMEONE ELSE RIDE. THE PASSENGER CLOSED THE CABIN DOOR AND WALKED INTO THE PROPELLER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N150WM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150WM-2012-12-13), registration cancelled 2012-12-13, S/N 15079087, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15079087
- Airframe hours: 2154
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Murmur Inc.
- Registered owner: Murmur Inc.
- Departed: FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Destination: FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Airport: Polly Ranch, runway 11, 2,900 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,903 total, 453 in this make and model, 2,733 as pilot in command, 87 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 203 °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 19820828042629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820828042629A), Aug 28, 1982: Cessna 150M, Friendswood, TX. Prospective passenger walked into idling propeller after a disussion with pilot regarding another airplane ride.

## Other investigations on N150WM (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 FTW99LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA193), Jul 18, 1999: Cessna 150M (N150WM), Beaumont, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's excessive rate of descent resulting in the hard landing and his improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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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