# NTSB SEA93LA185: Cessna 150H, N22369, Garfield, WA, August 22, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 22, 1993, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Garfield, WA - Coordinates: 46.989406, -117.1595 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9894&lon=-117.1595&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report August 1, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 41756 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA185 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41756/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA185 ## Probable cause THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. FACTORS INCLUDE APPROACH AIRSPEED NOT MAINTAINED, A LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE, AND A DITCH NEAR THE RUNWAY. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - airspeed(vref) - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause) - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing - roll - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor) ## Analysis THE STUDENT PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD BECOME LOST, SO HE DECIDED TO LAND WHEN HE SPOTTED THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. HIS AIRSPEED BECAME HIGH ON SHORT FINAL AND, BECAUSE HE WAS CONCENTRATING ON LANDING BEFORE HE RAN OUT OF RUNWAY, HE TOUCHED DOWN HARD, BOUNCED, AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, AND FLIPPED OVER WHEN IT SLID ACROSS A DITCH. ## Factual narrative On August 22, 1993, at approximately 1100 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 150H, N22369, experienced a nose-over at a private airstrip near Garfield, Washington. The student pilot, who was on his first solo cross-country flight, received minor injuries, and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The flight, which departed Felts Field, Spokane, Washington, at about 1000 PDT, and was en route to Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport, Pullman, Washington, was operating in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. The flight was on a VFR flight plan, and the ELT, which was activated by the accident, was turned off at the scene. The student pilot said that he felt he had become lost, and decided to land when he spotted the private strip. He said that his airspeed got a little high just before touchdown and, because he was concentrating on landing before he ran out of runway, he landed hard, bounced, and lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft departed the runway and flipped over when it slid over a ditch. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N22369](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22369-1998-07-11), registration cancelled 1998-07-11, S/N 15068240 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H - Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15068240 - Airframe hours: 6121 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: James L. Kieran - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, July 13, 1993, 90 hours before - Departed: SFF, SPOKANE, WA - Destination: PUW, PULLMAN, WA - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: Unnamed Private Airstrip ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 10 knots - Visibility: 30 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 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 19930822030239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930822030239A), Aug 22, 1993: Cessna 150H, Garfield, WA, Substantial damage. Student became lost on first solo cross country. Bounced landing on Private strip. Lost control. Nosed over. ## Other investigations on N22369 (1) 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. - [NTSB MIA72DLD77](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72DLD77), Jun 22, 1972: Cessna 150 (N22369), Ft Pierce, FL, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.