# NTSB SEA83LA061: Cessna C-150L, N10068, Near Bremerton, WA, March 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 7, 1983, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Near Bremerton, WA
- Coordinates: 47.429676, -122.920181 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4297&lon=-122.9202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39664
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39664/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA061

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10068), registered now, S/N 15074765, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074765
- Airframe hours: 2538
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830307013219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830307013219A), Mar 7, 1983: Cessna 150L, Bremerton, WA, Substantial damage. Aircraft skidded off runway during downwind landing on wet runway.

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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