# Accident 20040716014009A: Cessna 150L, La Center, WA, July 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2004, 11:00 local time
- Place: La Center, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8303° N, 122.6375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8303&lon=-122.6375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18542, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18542-2006-08-30) (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: 1,850 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04CA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040716014009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE PILOT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO LAND AT DAYBREAK AIRPARK, WASHINGTON. ON THE APPROACH, AIRCRAFT WAS COMING IN TOO HIGH (300' AGL) AND OUT OF POSITION TO COMPLETE A NORMAL LANDING WITH FULL FLAPS DOWN. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO GO AROUND. HE TRIED TO ESTABLISH RATE OF CLIMB, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND PAST THE RUNWAY. AT THE TIME, THE PILOT WAS HAVING HIS BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW ACCOMPLISHED. A DECISION WAS MADE TO HAVE THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SEATING ON THE RIGHT SEAT TO TAKE COMMAND OF THE CONTROLS. THE END OF THE RUNWAY WAS HEAVILY TREED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CONTINUED THE FLIGHT WITH FULL THROTTLE AND TRIED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT AROUND THE TREES WITH NO AVAIL. THE AIRCRAFT EVENTUALLY APPEARED TO HAVE HIT A TREE AND JARRED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING SE AND CRASHED NOSE DOWN FACING NE. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SOME INJURIES (LASCERATION ACROSS THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE, CUT TO THE LEFT KNEE CAP, LEFT SHOULDER BRUISED, ABRASION ON FOREHEAD, BRUISE AT RIGHT FOREARM AND UPPER FRONT TOOTH CHIPPED). THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED A SORE NECK AND SOME ABRASIONS TO SHOULDER AREA.

## 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 SEA04CA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA136), Jul 16, 2004: Cessna 150L (N18542), La Center, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The private pilot receiving the flight review's failure to follow the Owner’s Manual's procedures for a go-around. Contributing factors were the flight instructor's delay in telling the private pilot…

## Other reports on N18542 (1)

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

- [Incident 19781101023929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781101023929I), Nov 1, 1978: Cessna 150 (N18542), Astoria, OR, Minor damage. Hard landing damaged nose gear and prop. Student pilot.

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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