# Accident 20080415832439A: Cessna 150L, Columbia, CA, April 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0306° N, 120.4144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0306&lon=-120.4144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1364Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1364Q-2012-06-20) (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: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080415832439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 29 AT COLUMBIA, CA. RUNWAY 29 IS TURF 2600 X 100. WIND WAS APPROX. 290 10/15 KTS, W/TEMP APPROX 70F. PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE CROSSED THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE OBSERVED A SET OF POWER LINES THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO CROSS, SO HE STARTED A LEFT TURN. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, CONTACTING THE GROUND WITH THE LEFT WING FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE AND THE RIGHT WING. THE PILOT REPORTED MAKING A SHORT FIELD TAKE OFF USING 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S CALCULATIONS, THE AIRCRAFT WT. WAS AT OR JUST BELOW GROSS WT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DIDN'T FEEL THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING CORRECTLY, BUT HE DID NOT ABORT THE TAKE OFF. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES WITH THE AIRFRAME BUT DID FIND THAT THE ENGINE #2 CYLINDER TOP SPARK PLUG WAS FOULED AND THE BOTTOM SPARK PLUG WAS VERY DIRTY, INDICATING THAT THEY BOTH WERE NOT FIRING. THE PILOT STATED THAT STATIC RPM WAS 2100.

## 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 LAX08LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA108), Apr 15, 2008: Cessna 150L (N1364Q), Columbia, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's decision to attempt takeoff with an engine discrepancy and subsequent failure to abort takeoff when the airplane did not attain adequate airspeed during the initial climb,…

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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