# Accident 19960611013269A: Cessna 150F, Placerville, CA, June 11, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1996, 18:50 local time
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7303° N, 120.7993° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7303&lon=-120.7993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7880F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7880F-2013-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 8 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960611013269A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN. NO USEABLE FUEL. PILOT ALCOHOL IMPAIRED. PASSENGER SAME. NO LICENSE OR MEDICAL. BUZZING.

## 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 LAX96LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA220), Jun 12, 1996: Cessna 150F (N7880F), Placerville, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to alcohol which led to his failure to maintain sufficient altitude to clear surrounding terrain. A factor was the pilot's intentional buzzing.

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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