# NTSB SEA85LA196: Cessna 150L, N10647, Bellingham, WA, August 13, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 13, 1985, 12:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Bellingham, WA
- Coordinates: 48.939903, -122.620933 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9399&lon=-122.6209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40225
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40225/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA196

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - landed at wrong airport - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10647), registered now, S/N 15074945 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074945
- Airframe hours: 4300
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850813057129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850813057129A), Aug 13, 1985: Cessna 150L, Bellingham, WA, Substantial damage. Lost control after striking hump on the runway during attempted go around. Ran off runway end at the wrong airport.

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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