# NTSB LAX82FA025: Cessna 150M, N704XM, Antioch, CA, December 8, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 8, 1981
- Place: Antioch, CA · ANTIOCH, CA
- Location: 37.9784° N, 121.7983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Antioch, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9784&lon=-121.7983&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 6, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122882
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FA025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2948   81/12/8   ANTIOCH,CA          CESSNA 150M         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1339                    N704XM              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 26, 456 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            183 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ANTIOCH
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HAYWARD,CA                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  100
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/4 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       49
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          BELOW MINIMUMS                                           NONE
        REMARKS- ATC ATMTD TO VECTOR ACFT TO VFR ARPT,PLT DECIDED ON ANTIOCH.HIT MTN 900FT MSL 3MI W OF ARPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704XM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704XM-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 15078956, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- 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: Destroyed
- Airport: Antioch

## 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 19811208080009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811208080009A), Dec 8, 1981: Cessna 150M, Antioch, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft was being radar vectored in IMC because of rough running engine. Crash occurred 3 miles west of airport.

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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