# NTSB SEA82DA138: Cessna 150, N9368U, Forks, WA, August 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1982, 22:45 local (Aug 9, 1982, 05:45 UTC)
- Place: Forks, WA
- Coordinates: 47.790916, -124.259109 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7909&lon=-124.2591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70701
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA138
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70701/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA138

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT, ON A NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, BECAME LOST, DISORIENTED AND LOW ON FUEL. HE ESTABLISHED RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH SEATTLE CENTER AND WAS RADAR VECTORED TO FORKS, WA, AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS OR THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS FROM STATE POLICE VEHICLES. THE PILOT FINALLY DESCENDED INTO THE FOG AT 1700 FEET MSL, LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, descent
  - weather condition - fog (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (cause)
  - weather evaluation - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9368U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078317
- Airframe hours: 2257
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Carl Lindow
- Registered owner: Carl Lindow
- Departed: S26, OCEAN SHORES, WA
- Destination: PAE, EVERETT, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; student; medical: class 2, invalid medical for flight; flight hours: 184 total, 157 in this make and model, 67 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft overcast
- Temperature: 135 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HQM, 55 nm away

## 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 19820808054749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820808054749A), Aug 8, 1982: Cessna 150M, Forks, WA, Destroyed. Pilot became lost and requested help from fss. Aircraft descended into fog and pilot lost control causing crash.

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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