# Accident 20180903013069A: Cessna 150L, Pacoima, CA, September 3, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2018, 17:10 local time
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Airport: Whiteman Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2572° N, 118.4089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2572&lon=-118.4089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10789, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10789-2018-12-03) (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 MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,701 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18FA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180903013069A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/04/2018 DURING TAKOFF FROM WHITEMAN AIRPORT N10789 WITH TWO ON BOARD, LOST POWER AND INITIATED A LEFT TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY. N10789 STALLED, SPUN, THEN INPACTED INTO A MAINTENANCE YARD. RESULTING IN ONE DEAD AND ONE INJURED.

## 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 WPR18FA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA249), Sep 4, 2018: Cessna 150L (N10789), Pacoima, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power shortly after takeoff due to fuel exhaustion, and the exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack when the flight instructor made an abrupt turn back toward the…

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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