Cessna 150D N4175U

Summary

On 2 October 2005 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 150D registered N4175U was involved in an accident near Greenwater, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 October 2005 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenwater, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Ranger Creek Airport (21W)

Coordinates

47.0208, -121.5250

Aircraft

Cessna 150D

Registration

N4175U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Greenwater → Puyallup

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

SEA06CA001

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's inadvertently flying into IMC weather conditions, his failure to maintain sufficient airspeed for flight, and his subsequent inadvertent stall/mush into trees. Contributing factors were the fog and the trees.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that soon after departure from runway 33, he inadvertently entered a fog "bank." He said that he attempted a climbing right turn to return to the clear air over the departure runway. He said that his airspeed dropped, and the aircraft stalled subsequently impacting trees and descended vertically to the mountain side. The airplane came to rest inverted bending and wrinkling both wings and the fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.