Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Ronan Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Ronan, Montana 59864
Friday, June 6, 2014 13:15 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On June 6, 2014, about 1315 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 150F, N3376B, was substantially damaged during an off-airport landing in Ronan, Montana. Both the pilot and his passenger received minor injuries. The airplane was registered to a private party and operated by the pilot. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight.
According to the pilot, the airplane was based at Polson airport (8S1), Polson, Montana, and he planned to travel to St Ignatius, Montana, with an intermediate touch and go at Ronan airport (7S0), Ronan. The pilot reported that he completed the landing at Ronan "routinely" with full carburetor heat and 10 degrees of flaps. He retracted the flaps, shut off the carburetor heat, took off, and began the climb out for St Ignatius. When the airplane was about 300-400 feet above ground level (agl), the engine began to "slow down," despite the controls being set to full throttle, full rich mixture, and no carburetor heat. The engine continued to lose power, so the pilot turned left slightly to gauge whether the airplane could make it back to the runway. As the airplane entered the left turn, the climb performance decreased "substantially," and the airplane began to lose altitude quickly. The pilot then decided to perform an emergency landing in a nearby plowed field. Due to the low altitude, the pilot did not have time to perform any emergency procedures, other than to inform his passenger that he was going to land in the field, and advise the passenger to tighten his seatbelt. When the airplane was about 50 feet agl, the engine lost all "performance." The airplane struck the field and bounced, and then struck a 3-foot berm while traveling about 35 knots. The airplane came to rest inverted, but there was no fire.
The pilot held a private pilot certificate with an airplane single-engine land rating. He reported that he had a total flight experience of 68 hours, including 2 hours in the accident airplane make and model.
Federal Aviation Administration information indicated that the airplane was manufactured in 1966, and was equipped with a Continental Motors O-200 series engine. The airplane was recovered by the owner, and retained by the NTSB for subsequent examination.
The 1321 non-certified weather observation for Ronan included wind from the south-southeast at 2 knots, temperature 20 degrees C, dew point 10 degrees C, and a barometric pressure of 29.97 inches of mercury.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/6/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1315 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | Ronan |
| Event State | MONTANA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 59864 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | Ronan |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 7S0 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 170 |
| Airport Elevation | 3098 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1321 Mountain Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Unknown |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 20 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 10 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 165 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 2 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.97 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 2 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | Helena FAA FSDO |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 20 2014 1:14PM |
| User who most recently changed record | eckd |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N3376B |
| NTSB Number | WPR14LA232 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 150F |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15062625 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1601 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | JENNISON VINSON C |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | POLSON |
| Aircraft Owner State | MT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 598607357 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | JENNISON VINSON C |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | POLSON |
| Operator State | MT |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 598607357 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 8S1 |
| Departure City | Polson |
| Departure State | MT |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1305 |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | -- |
| Destination City | St Ignatius |
| Destination State | MT |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 20 2014 2:56PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |