- Date
- March 7, 1983, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Bremerton, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10068Cessna C-150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830307013219A
- Case key
- 39664
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot landed on a wet muddy airstrip and lost directional control during rollout. The aircraft collided with an abandoned auto parked off the side of the runway. The pilot reported the field was wet/muddy and that an unexpected tailwind increased his landing speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10068
- Reported as
- Cessna C-150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074765
- Airframe hours
- 2,538
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald Snare & Trygve Stenberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S88 · Arlington, WA
- Destination
- WA96 · Bremerton, WA
- Airport
- WA96 · Leisureland Airpark, runway 13, 2,400 × 80 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 140 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWT, 7 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.