# Accident 19840330007939A: Cessna 150M, Happy Camp, CA, March 30, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1984, 06:55 local time
- Place: Happy Camp, CA
- Airport: Happy Camp
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7907° N, 123.3889° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAPPY CAMP (36S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7907&lon=-123.3889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9254U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 279 total, 250 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840330007939A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT TOOK OFF INTO DENSE FOG IN ATTEMPT TO CLIMB OUT ON TOP. DRIFTED LEFT INTO TREES ON RISING TERRAIN.

## 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 LAX84LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA237), Mar 30, 1984: Cessna 150M (N9254U), Happy Camp, CA, destroyed

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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