# NTSB SEA80DYP02: Cessna 150, N6649T, Ritzville, WA, October 8, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1979
- Place: Ritzville, WA · RITZVILLE, WA
- Location: 47.1230° N, 118.3753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ritzville, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1230&lon=-118.3753&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133359
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA80DYP02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP02

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2458   79/10/8 NR.RITZVILLE,WA       CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 52, 133
        TIME - 1230                    N6649T              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 132 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PULLMAN,WA                 RITZVILLE,WA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
        REMARKS- LANDED IN PLOWED FIELD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6649T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6649T-2013-05-31), registration cancelled 2013-05-31, S/N 15059049, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150a) (registry code 2071804) (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

## 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 19791008026339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791008026339A), Oct 8, 1979: Cessna 150A, Ritzville, WA, Substantial damage. Landed in plowed farm field. Aircraft nosewheel dug in. Aircraft flipped 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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