# NTSB SEA68D0263: Cessna 150, N3070J, Port Orchard, WA, March 17, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 17, 1968
- Place: Port Orchard, WA · PORT ORCHARD, WA
- Location: 47.5373° N, 122.6331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Orchard, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5373&lon=-122.6331&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 20, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111171
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68D0263
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0263

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0836  68/3/17    PORT ORCHARD,WASH   CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 45 TOTAL
        TIME - 1320                    N3070J              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT ORCHARD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3070J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3070J), registered now, S/N 15061170, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Port Orchard

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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