# NTSB SEA82DA124: Cessna 150M, N8168U, Corvallis, OR, July 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1982, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place: Corvallis, OR
- Coordinates: 44.63092, -123.269821 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6309&lon=-123.2698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70351
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70351/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA124

## Analysis

AT 0830 PDT ON 7/22/82, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND NEAR THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 35 RESTING ON ITS NOSE WITH THE NOSE GEAR BROKEN. OPERATOR PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT IT HAD BEEN STOLEN SOMETIME AFTER 2200 PDT ON THE NIGHT BEFORE. ALSO DURING THAT TIME, SOMEONE HAD BURGLARIZED A FIXED BASE OPERATOR ON THE AIRPORT. A KEY FOR ONE OF THE FBO'S AIRCRAFT, A GRUMMAN, WAS FOUND IN THE DAMAGED CESSNA. THE PERSON THAT TOOK THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT FOUND, NO INJURY IS PRESUMED.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8168U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8168U), registered now, S/N 15077905, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077905
- Airframe hours: 3364
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Organ State Univ. F.C.
- Registered owner: Organ State Univ. F.C.
- Departed: CVO, CORVALLIS, OR
- Airport: CVO, Corvallis, runway 35, 5,067 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Night/dark

## 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 19820722050549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820722050549A), Jul 22, 1982: Cessna 150M, Corvallis, OR, Substantial damage. Aircraft found off end of runway with substantial damage. Aircraft had been stolen and crashed during landing.

## Other investigations on N8168U (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX97LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA251), Jul 7, 1997: Cessna 150M (N8168U), Chico, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the student pilot to maintain adequate airspeed during a go-around. Trees at the departure end of the runway were a related factor.

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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