# Accident 19900310003589A: Cessna 150J, Pine Valley, CA, March 10, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1990, 14:50 local time
- Place: Pine Valley, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- 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: N152EZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152EZ-2012-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900310003589A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN TRYING TO FOLLOW A FREEWAY VFR IN SNOW SHOWERS. NO ENDORSEMENTS ON STUDENT PERMIT.

## 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 LAX90FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA112), Mar 10, 1990: Cessna 150J (N152EZ), Pine Valley, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE DECISION OF THE PILOT TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN. FACTORS WERE: OBSCURATION, LOW CEILING, AND…

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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