# Accident 19840512019319A: Cessna A150K, Trona, CA, May 12, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1984, 15:59 local time
- Place: Trona, CA
- Airport: Trona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8127° N, 117.3269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRONA (L72), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8127&lon=-117.3269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8376M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8376M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150K (registry code 2071824, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 45 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840512019319A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF AND THEN SETTLED BACK TO GROUND AND CRASHED. DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS 5100 FEET.

## 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 LAX84LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA295), May 12, 1984: Cessna A150K (N8376M), Trona, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8376M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820131007339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820131007339I), Jan 31, 1982: Cessna A150K (N8376M), Inyokern, CA. Instructor sent student aloft without checking fuel. Forced landing made when fuel exhaustion occurred.

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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