# NTSB SEA83LA048: Cessna 150M, N66762, Mesa, WA, January 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 30, 1983, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Mesa, WA
- Coordinates: 46.579456, -119.149604 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5795&lon=-119.1496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39657
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39657/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA048

## Analysis

DURING A SHORT/SOFT FIELD LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATINGTHE LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. HE REPORTED THAT UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ABOUT 50 FEET, THEN THE NOSE GEAR DUG IN AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED. THE SURFACE OF THE PRIVATE STRIP WAS SOFT AND ROUGH WITH HOLES 4 TO 6 INCHES DEEP.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66762](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66762-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 15076258, built 1974 (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: 2071830
- Airframe hours: 5358
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hoops Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 2, 1982, 0 hours before
- Departed: PSC, PASCO, WA
- Airport: 5WA1, Dorman Field, runway 25, 2,200 × 20 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 2,183 total, 525 in this make and model, 2,012 as pilot in command, 109 in the last 90 days, 32 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PSC, 12 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 19830130001849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830130001849A), Jan 30, 1983: Cessna 150M, Mesa, WA, Substantial damage. Nose wheel caught in a hole during landing on a private strip. Airplane nosed over. Runway rough and full of holes.

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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