# NTSB SEA84LA142: Cessna 150M, N3184V, Fall City, WA, June 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1984, 16:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Fall City, WA
- Coordinates: 47.579151, -121.880798 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5792&lon=-121.8808&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): 39943
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39943/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA142

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS APPROACHING A STRANGE ARPT WITH A RWY ELEVATION OF 140 FT AND SURROUNDING TERRAIN OF 1000 TO 3000 FT. THE PLT SAID AS HE APPROACHED THE THRESHOLD HE FELT THE ACFT WAS TOO HIGH SO HE EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. WITH THE FLAPS AT 20 DEGREES HE SAID HIS CLIMB RATE WAS ONLY 200 FPM. AFTER REACHING 1000 FT MSL HE DECIDED THAT THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLEAR THETREES SO 'HE SHUT THE ACFT DOWN' AND CRASH LANDED IN SOME SMALL TREES. THE DENSITY ATL WAS COMPUTED AS BEING 2000 FT. HE RECOMMENDED A LONGER LOWER APCH TO THE ARPT OR AN ACFT CAPABLE OF A GREATER RATE OF CLIMB. THE ACFT ENGINE WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE WITHIN NORMAL OPERATING LIMITS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3184V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3184V-1987-10-07), registration cancelled 1987-10-07, S/N 15076411, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15076411
- Airframe hours: 4262
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Center "O" Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: TIW, TACOMA, WA
- Destination: 1WA6, FALL CITY, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 211 total, 105 in this make and model, 163 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 7 °F

## 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 19840623057639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840623057639A), Jun 23, 1984: Cessna 150M, Fall River, WA, Substantial damage. Stalled into trees on rising terrain during attempted go around from being too high at threshold. Misjudgment.

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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