- Date
- October 14, 1984, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lapine, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11849Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841014056189A
- Case key
- 40080
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Analysis
Plt recieved inflt wx brief. Present location and next reporting station were VFR, no known adverse wx between. En route, plt encountered IMC. Fuel comsumed in maneuvering to aviod wx precluded return to known VFR airfield. Plt elected to make a precautionary landing at an abandoned airstrip. On landing roll, left wing struck a small tree that had grown adjacent to the strip.
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
- N11849
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075675
- Airframe hours
- 2,275
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Enterprise Flying Club Inc
- Registered owner
- Enterprise Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1984 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- RDD · Redding, CA
- Destination
- RDM · Redmond, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 275 total · 196 in this make and model · 155 as pilot in command · 122 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 355° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.