# NTSB SEA82DA066: Cessna 150F, N6701F, Grande Ronde, OR, May 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 5, 1982, 18:00 local (May 6, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Grande Ronde, OR
- Coordinates: 45.060558, -123.650802 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0606&lon=-123.6508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70882
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70882/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA066

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT ON LANDING APPROACH THE SUN WAS IN HIS EYES. THE LANDING OCCURRED ABOUT 50 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD WHEN THE TAIL COLLIDED WITH A FENCE POST AND THE NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6701F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6701F), registered now, S/N 15063301 (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: 15063301
- Airframe hours: 1804
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Garnett Leslie Gould Sr.
- Registered owner: Garnett Leslie Gould Sr.
- Departed: 752, GRANDE RONDE, OR
- Destination: 752, GRANDE RONDE, OR
- Airport: 752, Anderson'S, runway 25, 1,400 × 0 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 57 total, 57 in this make and model, 41 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 149 °F

## 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 19820505014559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820505014559A), May 5, 1982: Cessna 150F, Grande Ronde, OR, Substantial damage. Student claimed sun blinded him on final. Landed short, struck a fence and a ditch.

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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