# NTSB SEA83LA046: Cessna 150H, N22824, Yakima, WA, January 29, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1983, 21:05 local (Jan 29, 1983, 05:05 UTC)
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Coordinates: 46.540615, -120.759651 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5406&lon=-120.7597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39655
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39655/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA046

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DURING NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY AND WAS LANDED ON A HIGHWAY. DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A PICKUP TRUCK A TREE AND A FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22824](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22824-1983-05-14), registration cancelled 1983-05-14, S/N 15068544, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15068544
- Airframe hours: 2911
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Vista Flight Center
- Registered owner: Tri-City Auto Center,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 25, 1982, 35 hours before
- Departed: BVU, BELLEVUE, WA
- Destination: S98, KENNEWICK, WA
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 61 total, 45 in this make and model, 28 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: YKM, 5 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 19830128002679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830128002679A), Jan 28, 1983: Cessna 150H, Yakima, WA, Destroyed. Crash occurred during emergency landing on highway after engine quit from fuel exhaustion.

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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