19790512013419A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150 · Yreka, CA · May 12, 1979

Date
May 12, 1979 · 17:15 local
Place
Yreka, CA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6693G
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK79DVG39
Reported as
Cessna 150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
192 total17 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Too low and slow on final approach,struck fence short of runway of Private strip. Possible downdraft.

As the FAA filed it

TOO LOW AND SLOW ON FINAL APPROACH,STRUCK FENCE SHORT OF RUNWAY OF PRIVATE STRIP.POSSIBLE DOWNDRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.