- Date
- December 17, 1983, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Prosser, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6841FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831217062179A
- Case key
- 39856
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
According to the pilot shortly after departure the engine began running rough for the second time. The pilot elected to make a precautionary landing on a gravel road he was familiar with. During the landing flare, with a gusty crosswind, directional control was lost. The aircraft struck a frozen furrowed field and came to rest inverted. Both plugs from the left rear cylinder were carbon fouled. All the sparkplugs showed excessively eroded center electrodes.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6841F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063441
- Airframe hours
- 2,858
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chuck'S Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 21, 1983 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- S40 · Prosser, WA
- Destination
- 1SB · Sunnyside, WA
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 66 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YKM, 40 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.