# Accident 19880404007789A: Cessna 150L, Pine Valley, CA, April 4, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1988, 17:20 local time
- Place: Pine Valley, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8415° N, 116.5107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pine Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8415&lon=-116.5107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18136, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18136-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 8 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880404007789A

## Narrative

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

CONNECTING ROD BEARING CAME LOOSE, FORCED A LANDING IN TREES.

## 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 LAX88LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA154), Apr 5, 1988: Cessna 150 (N18136), Pine Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE NUMBER ONE CONNECTING ROD BEARING. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE STUDENT PILOT'S RELATIVE INEXPERIENCE AND HIS INABILITY TO JUDGE THE GLIDE RATIO OF THE AIRPLANE AND COMPLETING…

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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