# NTSB LAX83LA228: Cessna 150F, N8674S, Chico, CA, May 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1983, 17:45 local (May 13, 1983, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Chico, CA
- Coordinates: 39.740051, -121.829711 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7401&lon=-121.8297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23709
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23709/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA228

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS & LANDING ON A 2280 FT RWY IN CALM WIND CONDITIONS. HE REPORTED THAT WHILE ON A FINAL APCH TO LAND, THE ACFT WAS HIGH & WAS APRX 10 MPH TOO FAST. BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN & WITH OVER HALF OF THE RWY BEHIND, THE STUDENT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND, HE REPORTED THAT HE PUSHED THE THROTTLE IN TO OBTAIN FULL POWER, INCREASED THE ANGLE OF ATTACK & ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE CARBURETOR HEAT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT STALLED WHILE IT WAS APRX 20 ABOVE TREES. IT CAME TO REST IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHILE STILL PARTIALLY SUSPENDED BY THE LIMBS OF AN ALMOND TREE. THE UNINJURED PLT OPENED THE DOOR, JUMPED TO THE GROUND & WALKED AWAY. THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS FOUND IN THE FULL 'ON' POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8674S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061974
- Airframe hours: 3796
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph C. Moody, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 4, 1983, 26 hours before
- Airport: 023, Ranchaero, runway 33, 2,280 × 30 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 11 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CIC, 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 19830512022559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830512022559A), May 12, 1983: Cessna 150F, Chico, CA, Substantial damage. Too high. Began go around mid field nose high. Flaps down. Carb heat on. Mushed into trees off end runway.

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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