# NTSB SEA84LA039: Cessna 150H, N22796, Deer Park, WA, January 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 14, 1984, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Deer Park, WA
- Coordinates: 47.990364, -117.500579 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9904&lon=-117.5006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39862
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39862/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA039

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE LOST POWER. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO FUEL ABOARD THE ACFT. THE FLT LASTED 4 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES. THIS ACFT ENDURANCE IS 4.4 HOURS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N22796 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15068522
- Airframe hours: 3252
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Edwin G. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 14, 1984, 17 hours before
- Departed: TTD, TROUTDALE, OR
- Destination: 07SA, DEER PARK, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 160 total, 116 in this make and model, 107 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SFF, 20 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 19840114000829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840114000829A), Jan 14, 1984: Cessna 150H, Deer Park, WA, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit from fuel exhaustion.

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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