# NTSB NYC82FGM13: Cessna 150D, N5945T, Patton, PA, July 15, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 14, 1982, 21:00 local (Jul 15, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Patton, PA
- Location: 40.6324° N, 78.6499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Patton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6324&lon=-78.6499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report July 14, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72169
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82FGM13
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72169/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FGM13

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED JOHNSTON, PA AT ABOUT 2000 EDT ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO EBENSBURG, PA. HE SAW THE DESTINATION AIRPORT AT ABOUT 2015 EDT AND ELECTED TO FLY LOCALLY AND PRACTICE MANEUVERS. AT ABOUT 2045 EDT, HE BECAME LOST AND FLEW A LARGE RECTANGULAR PATH TO FIND A LANDMARK. BY ABOUT 2100 EDT, IT WAS GETTING DARK AND HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD WITH DEEP FURROWS THAT WERE OBSCURED BY VEGETATION. THE LANDING WAS MADE ACROSS THE FURROWS ON SOFT TERRAIN. WHILE LANDING, THE GEAR WAS DAMAGED. AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 90 FT, THE PLANE NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5945T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5945T-1991-04-11), registration cancelled 1991-04-11, S/N 15060645 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Registry model: [Cessna 150D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (registry code 2071810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 64451-6A
- Airframe hours: 4064
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Charles O. Gilman
- Registered owner: Charles O. Gilman
- Departed: JOHNSTOWN, PA
- Destination: EBENSBURG, PA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 57 total, 57 in this make and model, 9 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Altimeter: 30.00 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 19820714032399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820714032399A), Jul 14, 1982: Cessna 150D, Patton, PA, Substantial damage. Became lost on practice maneuvers near home airport and near dark. Elected to land in a furrowed field, nosed over.

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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