# NTSB FTW83LA065: Cessna 150, N14084, Nash, OK, December 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 22, 1982, 08:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Nash, OK
- Coordinates: 36.659954, -98.049163 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6600&lon=-98.0492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71827
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71827/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA065

## 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 - fog (contributing factor)
  - preflight briefing service - not used, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PILOT ENCOUNTERED FOG AND DECIDED TO LAND IN A WHEAT FIELD LOOKED FROZEN BUT WAS SOFT AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THERE WERE 3 LOCAL AIRPORTS WITHIN 20 MILES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N14084](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14084), registered now, S/N 17944, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17944
- Airframe hours: 8682
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dennis D. Leatherbury
- Registered owner: Robert Huber
- Departed: LAWTON, OK
- Destination: MANCHESTER, OK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 15,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles

## 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 19821222064949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821222064949A), Dec 22, 1982: Cessna 150, Nash, OK, Substantial damage. Encountered fog en route. Elected to land in a believed frozen field. Ground was soft mud. Airplane tumbled.

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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