# NTSB SEA84LA177: Cessna 150H, N150WA, Worley, ID, July 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 19, 1984, 17:45 local (Jul 20, 1984, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Worley, ID
- Coordinates: 47.439178, -116.890052 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4392&lon=-116.8901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39971
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA177
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39971/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA177

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lift-off - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - high vegetation
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING ON AN 80 FOOT WIDE, TURF AND GRAVEL RUNWAY. THE PLT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL LNDING BUT DURING THE TAKEOFF THE ACFT LIFTED OFF THE GND THEN SETTLED BACK ON THE RWY. THE ACFT THEN SWERVED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N150WA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150WA-2011-03-28), registration cancelled 2011-03-28, S/N 15067817, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067817
- Airframe hours: 1935
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Raymond B. Oliver
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 10, 1984
- Departed: COE, COUER D'ALENE, ID
- Destination: ID23, WORLEY, ID
- Airport: ID23, Hickman

## 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: 209 total, 165 in this make and model, 149 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: COE, 18 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 19840719036729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840719036729A), Jul 19, 1984: Cessna 150H, Worley, ID, Substantial damage. Lost control during a touch and go landing. Ran off the runway into a ditch.

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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