# NTSB LAX82DA354: Cessna 150M, N3556V, Cottonwood, AZ, September 23, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 23, 1982, 13:41 local (20:41 UTC)
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.750854, -112.009368 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7509&lon=-112.0094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 23, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70356
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA354
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70356/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA354

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE PLT OVERSHOT HIS APPROACH & ADDED FULL POWER FOR A GO-AROUND. THE FLAPS WERE NOT RETRACTED & THE ACFT STALLED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3556V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3556V-1988-11-30), registration cancelled 1988-11-30, S/N 15076546 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15076546
- Airframe hours: 3061
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Precision Mach. Egrng.
- Registered owner: Precision Mach. Egrng.
- Departed: C, PHOENIX, AZ
- Destination: COTTONWOOD, AZ
- Airport: P52, Cottonwood, runway 32, 4,250 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 276 total, 125 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Temperature: 225 °F

## 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 19820923048999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820923048999A), Sep 23, 1982: Cessna 150M, Cottonwood, AZ, Substantial damage. Too high on first approach aircraft settled into rough desert on go around. 107 degress and full flaps were factors

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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