# NTSB SEA83LA076: Cessna 150F, N6720F, Anacortes, WA, April 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 6, 1983, 00:15 local (08:15 UTC)
- Place: Anacortes, WA
- Coordinates: 48.459423, -122.600112 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4594&lon=-122.6001&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39675
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39675/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA076

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - intentional, unqualified person (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, unqualified person (cause)

## Analysis

THE UNCERTIFICATED PLT HAD MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LAND WHEN HE STRUCK A TREE IN THE APPROACH PATH WITH THE RIGHT WING. THE ACFT THEN LEFT THE AREA FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, RETURNED & MADE WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A BUMPY LANDING. THE ACFT USE WAS UNAUTHORIZED & THE FLT LASTED 1.7 HRS. THE OCCUPANTS STATED TO POLICE THAT THEY HAD BEEN SMOKING MARIJUANA BEFORE & DURING THE FLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6720F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6720F-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 15063320, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063320
- Airframe hours: 4375
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Larry Becker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, July 8, 1982, 50 hours before
- Airport: 74S, Anacortes, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BLI, 13 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 19830406011269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830406011269A), Apr 6, 1983: Cessna 150F, Anacortes, WA, Substantial damage. The aircraft hit a tree on final but flew to a safe landing. Stolen aircraft. No pilot certificate. Using maijuana.

## Other investigations on N6720F (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA69D0099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69D0099), Aug 30, 1968: Cessna 150 (N6720F), Friday Harbr, WA, substantial damage

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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