# NTSB SEA83LA164: Cessna 150M, N3526V, Port Orchard, WA, August 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 3, 1983, 16:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place: Port Orchard, WA
- Location: 47.5373° N, 122.6331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Orchard, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5373&lon=-122.6331&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39743
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39743/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA164

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

THE ACFT STALLED INTO TREES DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AFTER A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING. THIS WAS A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. DURING THE SIMULATED LANDING MANEUVER THE STUDENT LOCATED A GRASS STRIP AND APPROACHED INTO THE WIND. AT ABOUT 30-50 FT A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED, FLAPS WERE REDUCED AND FULL POWER USED. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND TRIED TO CLEAR THE TREES. THE STALL WARNING SOUNDED AND THE LEFT WING DROPPED AS THE ACFT STALLED AND COLLIDED WITH TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3526V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3526V-2014-10-02), registration cancelled 2014-10-02, S/N 15076535, built 1975 (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: 14076535
- Airframe hours: 4000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Julianna Jones
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 4, 1983, 44 hours before
- Departed: BFI, SEATTLE, WA
- Destination: OS8, PORT ORCHARD, WA
- Airport: Vaughns

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,600 total, 450 in this make and model, 1,495 as pilot in command, 53 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PWT, 8 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 19830803042009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830803042009A), Aug 3, 1983: Cessna 150M, Port Orchard, WA, Substantial damage. Made practice engine out approach. Began go around too late with full flaps. Stalled into trees off end of 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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