# NTSB FTW84LA340: Cessna 150F, N6525F, Walters, OK, August 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1984, 20:00 local (Aug 6, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Walters, OK
- Coordinates: 34.349388, -98.300643 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3494&lon=-98.3006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21421
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA340
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21421/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA340

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - open field
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use, pilot in command
  - interpersonal relations, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll

## Analysis

PLT TOOK THE ACFT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION AND ATTEMPTED A LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR HIS PASSENGER'S HOME. THE TERRAIN WAS SOFT AND UNSUITABLE FOR ACFT OPERATIONS, ACFT RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND DURING LNDG ROLL, DAMAGING THE WING ATTACH POINT. PLT HELD AN EXPIRED STUDENT CERTIFICATE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6525F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6525F-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 15063125, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063125
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lanny Buchwald
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: OKO8, LAWTON, OK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 40 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FSI, 17 nm away

## Other investigations on N6525F (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 MKC88LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA115), Jun 24, 1988: Cessna 150 (N6525F), Trousdale, KS, 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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