# NTSB LAX81FUJ13: Cessna 150, N9154U, Chandler, AZ, December 8, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 8, 1980
- Place: Chandler, AZ · CHANDLER, AZ
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 28, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127963
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX81FUJ13
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ13

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3392   80/12/8   CHANDLER,AZ         CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 102
        TIME - 2200                    N9154U              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STELLAR
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TUCSON,AZ                   CHANDLER,AZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- MIRL ON NORTH 2000 FT.OF RWY.L MAIN WHL TOUCHED DWN IN OPEN FLD ON DARK NGT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9154U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9154U-2018-06-26), registration cancelled 2018-06-26, S/N 15078105, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (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: Stellar

## 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 19801208074639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801208074639A), Dec 8, 1980: Cessna 150M, Chandler, AZ, Destroyed. Started late go-around. Struck ground off end of runway. Nosed over. Runway not fully lighted.

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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