# Accident 20100911049379A: Cessna 150L, Kenai, AK, September 11, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2010, 20:28 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7742° N, 151.8103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7742&lon=-151.8103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1612Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1612Q-2012-10-15) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100911049379A

## Narrative

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

N1612Q CRASHED INTO THE TREES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM AN UNNAMED LAKE LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF KENAI, ALASKA.  THE AIRMAN STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER GROSS WEIGHT.

## 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 ANC10CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA090), Sep 12, 2010: Cessna 150L (N1612Q), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff from a remote lake after overloading the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of a seaplane rating.

## Other reports on N1612Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19890611015189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890611015189A), Jun 11, 1989: Cessna STC150 (N1612Q), Alexander Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Bounced landing on sandbar. Began go around but aborted due to beleived bent prop. Nosed over in water off sandbar

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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