# NTSB SEA84LA222: Cessna 150, N5701G, Spanaway, WA, September 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1984, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Spanaway, WA
- Coordinates: 47.050575, -122.359878 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0506&lon=-122.3599&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): 40006
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40006/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA222

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - engine assembly - undetermined (cause)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## Analysis

ACFT LOST POWER DURING TAKEOFF. PLT MADE FORCED LANDING STRAIGHT AHEAD IN OPEN FIELD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5701G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071201
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Normal Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: S44, SPANAWAY, WA
- Destination: S44, SPANAWAY, WA
- Airport: None

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TCM, 12 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 19840907075889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840907075889A), Sep 7, 1984: Cessna STC150, Spanaway, WA, Substantial damage. Lost power on climbout, landed in a field. Aircraft had just been converted to a stol. Pilot gave no other info.

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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