# NTSB SEA84FA113: Cessna 150F, N6511F, Gleneden Beach, OR, May 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 19, 1984, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Gleneden Beach, OR
- Coordinates: 44.880783, -124.030899 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8808&lon=-124.0309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39806
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84FA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39806/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA113

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

TWO WITNESSES OBSERVED THE STUDENT PLT IN THE ACFT AT ABOUT 1500 PDT. THEY REPORTED THAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE WX TO CLEAR & THAT THEY TRIED TO GET THE STUDENT TO SPEND THE NIGHT INSTEAD OF LEAVING, BUT THEY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CRASHED, BUT THERE WERE NO KNOWN WITNESSES. PARTS OF THE ACFT WRECKAGE WERE FOUND ON GLENEDEN BEACH & THEY WERE IDENTIFIED AS BEING FROM N6511F. HOWEVER, THE STUDENT PLT WAS NOT FOUND. HE WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN FATALLY INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6511F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6511F-2014-11-12), registration cancelled 2014-11-12, S/N 15063111, 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: 15063111
- Airframe hours: 5000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard J. Heising
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: S45, GLENEDEN BEACH, OR
- Destination: S95, VANCOUVER, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 800 ft broken
- Temperature: 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19840519018179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840519018179A), May 19, 1984: Cessna 150F, Gleneden, OR, Destroyed. Crashed in ocean under unknown circumstances. Low ceiling fog in area. No witnesses. Pieces of wreckage on beach.

## Other investigations on N6511F (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 SEA68D0135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0135), Aug 11, 1967: Cessna 150 (N6511F), Everett, 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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