# NTSB SEA82DA043: Cessna 150F, N8063S, Hoquiam, WA, March 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: March 27, 1982, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Hoquiam, WA
- Coordinates: 47.110122, -123.960083 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1101&lon=-123.9601&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71079
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71079/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA043

## Analysis

THE PRIVATE PILOT HAD BEEN MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITH A PASSENGER ON BOARD FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR. HE HAD MADE ABOUT 6 OR 7 UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS. ON THE LAST APPROACH, THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN WHEN THE PLANE WAS ABOUT 50 FT AGL OVER THE NUMBERS. THE EMPENNAGE WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE PLANE LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED BACK ON THE TAIL. SOME TURBULENCE WAS REPORTED IN THE AREA.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - turbulence,clear air (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8063S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061663
- Airframe hours: 4078
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Harry Stull
- Registered owner: Harry Stull
- Departed: HQM, HOQUIAM, WA
- Destination: HQM, HOQUIAM, WA
- Airport: HQM, Bowerman Field, runway 6, 5,000 × 0 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 172 total, 11 in this make and model, 125 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 115 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HQM

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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