# NTSB LAX83LA031: Cessna 150M, N6066K, Coalinga, CA, December 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 30, 1982, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Coordinates: 36.190254, -120.38935 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1903&lon=-120.3893&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70291
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70291/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA031

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, cruise
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, other

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT DUE TO VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS CAUSED BY HAZE, HE WAS FLYING BY REFERENCE TO INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I-5 AT LOW ALTITUDE. HE ESTIMATED THAT THE VISIBILITY WAS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MILES. AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-5 AND PANOCHE ROAD, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TWO POWER LINES, THEN CRASH LANDED. TWO MOTOR VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED BY A POWER LINE CABLE THAT WAS KNOCKED DOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6066K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6066K-1985-04-16), registration cancelled 1985-04-16, S/N 15077506 (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: 77506
- Airframe hours: 3199
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A4B 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Coalinga Commuter & Cargo Airl
- Registered owner: Coalinga Commuter & Cargo Airl
- Departed: LSN, LOS BANOS, CA
- Destination: CLG, COALINGA, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 176 total, 157 in this make and model, 139 as pilot in command, 43 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19821230065419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821230065419A), Dec 30, 1982: Cessna 150M, Panoche, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck wires during low level flight along highway.

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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