# NTSB SEA93LA013: Cessna 150M, N66135, Troutdale, OR, October 30, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 30, 1992, 09:17 local (17:17 UTC)
- Place: Troutdale, OR
- Coordinates: 45.520458, -122.350204 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5205&lon=-122.3502&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 42956
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42956/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA013

## Probable cause

IMPROPER USE OF FLT CONTROLS BY THE PILOT, RESULTING IN INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ABORT A LANDING IN X-WIND WX CONDITIONS WHEN THE ACFT BOUNCED AND BEGAN SWERVING OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE ACFT MANEUVERED ERRATICALLY WITH LARGE OSCILLATIONS IN PITCH AND BANK ATTITUDE, STALLED, ENTERED A SPIN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND ON THE ARPT RAMP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66135](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66135-2001-04-06), registration cancelled 2001-04-06, S/N 15075863 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075863
- Airframe hours: 3502
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gorge Wind Aviation
- Registered owner: Fugman, Darrel
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 21, 1992, 32 hours before
- Airport: TTD, Troutdale, runway 25, 5,400 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 313 total, 129 in this make and model, 236 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19921030044459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921030044459A), Oct 30, 1992: Cessna 150M, Portland, OR, Destroyed. Erratic wobbly approach in crosswind. Gust lifted wing. Tried go around. Pulled up abruptly nose high. Stalled.

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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