# Accident 19750831029099A: Cessna 150L, Whitethorn, CA, August 31, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1975
- Place: Whitethorn, CA
- Airport: Whitethorn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 40.0238° N, 123.9431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitethorn, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0238&lon=-123.9431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5210Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5210Q-1976-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750831029099A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MADE APCH TO SHORT RWY IN VALLEY SURROUNDED BY MTNS.FULL FLAP GO ARND,DRIFTED INTO TREES.GUSTS 25K

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 OAK76DVD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVD09), Aug 31, 1975: Cessna 150 (N5210Q), Whitethorn, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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