# Accident 19810430021749A: Cessna 150, Inyokern, CA, April 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1981, 18:10 local time
- Place: Inyokern, CA
- Airport: Inyokern
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6587° N, 117.8295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INYOKERN (IYK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6587&lon=-117.8295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6254K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6254K-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUQ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810430021749A

## Narrative

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

DRIFTED BY CROSSWIND ON FLARE. TURNED INTO WIND ON GO AROUND. EMPANNAGE HIT VASI LIGHT. ABORTED TAKEOFF.

## 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 LAX81DUQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUQ19), Apr 30, 1981: Cessna 150 (N6254K), Inyokern, 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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