# NTSB FTW82FPD12: Cessna 150, N6742G, Graham, TX, June 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1982, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Graham, TX
- Location: 33.1009° N, 98.5778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Graham, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1009&lon=-98.5778&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70860
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FPD12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70860/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPD12

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING USED ON A PIPELINE PATROL MISSION. THE PILOT INFORMED THE PIPELINE GROUND CREW OF A PIPELINE LEAK AND CIRCLED THE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY THE GROUND CREW TO MAKING A WIDE CIRCLE AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL WHEN IT ABRUPTLY WENT INTO A SPIN AND CRASHED. AN EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO PREIMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6742G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6742G-2013-06-13), registration cancelled 2013-06-13, S/N 15072242, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072242
- Airframe hours: 10943
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial observation, Part 91
- Operator: F.C. Barr
- Registered owner: F.C. Barr
- Departed: GRAHAM, TX
- Destination: GRAHAM, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,846 total, 1,010 in this make and model, 2,836 as pilot in command, 215 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 199 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19820608046029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820608046029A), Jun 8, 1982: Cessna 150L, Graham, TX, Destroyed. Stalled aircraft while circling pipeline leak at 100 feet altitude. Spun into ground. Vertical impact.

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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