- Date
- August 13, 1985, 12:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Bellingham, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10647Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850813057129A
- Case key
- 40225
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Analysis
The plt, who was unfamiliar with the area, was given directions & traffic pattern info to the meadows mist arpt, a a pvt/charted strip near Bellingham, WA. She came upon a similar grass strip in that area with a parked acft on it. Thinking this uncharted airstrip was her destination, she landed. While landing, she realized that she was on a strip that was much shorter than the 2000 ft strip that she had intended to land on. Subsequently, the acft went off the departure end of the rwy & into a blueberry patch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10647
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074945
- Airframe hours
- 4,300
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Barbara D. Teaque
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 30, 1984
- Departed
- S50 · Auburn, WA
- Destination
- Bellingham, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Anderson'S, runway 15, grass/turf
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 311 total · 311 in this make and model · 267 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLI, 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.