- Date
- May 14, 1983, 18:30 local (May 15, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N63404Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830514019389A
- Case key
- 23712
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with a powerline while on final approach and nosed over in a open field one half mile short of the runway. The pilot had flown into this arpt the morning of the accident as a pax. She decided to do some takeoffs and landings, local pilots warned her about the powerline before her departure. During her 1st pattern she turned base inside of a powerline 3/4 mile from the runway and thought this was the only line. She became overly concerned with correcting an overshoot of the wind line on final and did not see the second set of wires 1/2 mile from the runway. These wires are about 65 ft high. According to the pilot the wire contacted the nose gear strut and the acft nosed down into a plowed field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63404
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 77288
- Airframe hours
- 2,356
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Huntington Beach Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1983 · 36 hours before
- Airport
- 4L8 · Costerisan Farms, runway 34, 2,200 × 40 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 90 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 11 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.