# NTSB LAX83LA136: Cessna 150L, N19095, Daggett, CA, March 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1983, 12:18 local (20:18 UTC)
- Place: Daggett, CA
- Coordinates: 34.859485, -116.809165 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8595&lon=-116.8092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23640
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23640/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA136

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE PLT & HER COPILOT/NAVIGATOR WERE PARTICIPATING IN A X-COUNTRY AIR DERBY. AFTER MAKING A REQUIRED FLY-BY AT THE BARSTOW-DAGGET ARPT, THEY TURNED SOUTHEAST TO CONTINUE ON COURSE. A SHORT TIME LATER, ABOUT 6 MI SOUTHEAST OF THE ARPT, THE PLT DETERMINED THAT THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLEAR OVER RISING TERRAIN, SO SHE LANDED. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS APRX 4000 FT MSL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N19095 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074165
- Airframe hours: 3495
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Virginia Rainwater
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, June 9, 1982, 23 hours before
- Departed: VNY, VAN NUYS, CA
- Destination: VNY, VAN NUYS, CA
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,480 total, 852 in this make and model, 1,256 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAG, 5 nm away

## 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 19830312007139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830312007139A), Mar 12, 1983: Cessna 150L, Daggett, CA, Destroyed. Pilot decided aircraft would not climb over rising terrain and crash occurred during precautionary landing.

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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