# NTSB LAX80DVD22: Cessna 150L, N19436, Tracy, CA, February 2, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 2, 1980
- Place: Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Location: 37.7274° N, 121.4522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tracy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7274&lon=-121.4522&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 20, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131557
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80DVD22
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVD22

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2153   80/2/2    TRACY,CA            CESSNA 150L         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 20, 29 TOTAL
        TIME - 1500                    N19436              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TRACY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          OAKLAND,CA                  RETURN                       TRACY,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: MUSH                                              LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
        REMARKS- STUD RPRTD-RAISED FLAPS BFR GO-ARD,HADN'T BEEN TAUGHT GO-ARND PROC.TCHDWN IN SOFT DIRT BESIDE RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19436](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19436-2012-08-06), registration cancelled 2012-08-06, S/N 15074418, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Tracy

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800202011729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800202011729A), Feb 2, 1980: Cessna 150L, Oakland, CA, Substantial damage. Student high and slow on final, with full flaps, began go around by dumping flaps. Landed hard off side of runway.

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.

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