# Accident 19980423007479A: Cessna 150H, Parowan, UT, April 23, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1998, 11:10 local time
- Place: Parowan, UT
- Airport: Parowan Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9093° N, 112.8502° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9093&lon=-112.8502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50385, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50385-2009-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980423007479A

## Narrative

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

ON CLIMBOUT DEVIATED TO FLYBY HANGERS. WAVING TO PEOPLE NOSE HIGH AND SLOW STALLED AND SPUN INTO GROUND. (.4)THE AIRPLANE (POWERED BY A 100 HORSE POWER ENGINE) WAS DEPARTING FROM RUNWAY 22 (ELEVATION 5,930 FEET, DENSITY ALTITUDE 7,944 FEET) AND ONE WITNESS SAID THAT IT 'APPEARED TO BE FLYING VERY SLOW WITH ITS NOSE HIGH.'  ANOTHER WITNESS REPORTED THAT 'THE ENGINE WAS PUTTING OUT EVERYTHING IT HAD AT FULL RPM AND IT WAS SMOOTH.'  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS SEEN WAVING TO THE PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE HANGAR. THE ABOVE SECOND WITNESS FURTHER DESCRIBED THE AIRPLANE AS 'WOBBLING, STRUGGLING AND MUSHING, AND THEN IT SPUN TO THE GROUND.'  FOR APPROXIMATELY THE LAST 3 YEARS, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD BEEN TOWING BANNERS IN CALIFORNIA WITH A CESSNA 150 POWERED BY 180 HORSE POWERED ENGINE AND MODIFIED WITH A STOL KIT.  A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE WIND, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WAS OUT OF THE SOUTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS GUSTING 30 TO 35 KNOTS.  SEVERAL OTHER WITNESSES REPORTED THAT AT THE TIME OF THE AIRPLANE'S DEPARTURE, 'THE WIND WAS BLOWING LOOSE DIRT PARALLEL TO THE GROUND.'

## 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 FTW98FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA190), Apr 23, 1998: Cessna 150H (N50385), Parowan, UT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed and the subsequent inadvertent stall/spin. Factors were the high density altitude, the high, gusty wind condition, and the diverted attention of…

## Other reports on N50385 (1)

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

- [Accident 19751113036749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751113036749A), Nov 13, 1975: Cessna 150H (N50385), Upland, CA, Substantial damage. Nose tire blew out ldg. Plt failed to negotiate taxi turnoff,went over bank.

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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