Cessna 150 accident near Friendswood, Texas, August 28, 1982
On August 28, 1982 at about 9:30 pm local time, a Cessna 150, registered N150WM, was involved in an accident near Friendswood, Texas (Polly Ranch airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 28, 1982 · about 9:30 pm local time
- Place
- Friendswood, Texas · Polly Ranch
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150 · all 150s on the register
- Registration
- N150WM · registry record · serial 15079087
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PILOT OF N150WM WAS GIVING FREE RIDES TO GUESTS. HE TAXIED TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AFTER A LANDING AND DISCHARGED A PASSENGER. A FEMALE PASSENGER WALKED OUT TO THE AIRPLANE TO GET IN BUT DUE TO THE FACT SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY RODE, THE PILOT ASKED HER TO LET SOMEONE ELSE RIDE. THE PASSENGER CLOSED THE CABIN DOOR AND WALKED INTO THE PROPELLER.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 2,903 hours in all; 453 in this make and model; 87 in the last 90 days; 2,733 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2,154 hours
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded; 0 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 1,600 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental O-200 (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Murmur INC.
The flight
- Departed from: Friendswood TX at 4:30 pm
- Destination: Friendswood TX
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 11, 2,900 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Sky: not recorded; scat at 6,500 ft
- Temperature: 203°F (95°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Other NTSB records under N150WM the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number FTW82DRA26.