# NTSB LAX83LA290: Cessna 150H, N23347, Columbia, CA, June 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 17, 1983, 15:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Coordinates: 38.110675, -120.380722 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1107&lon=-120.3807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23754
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA290
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23754/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA290

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - climb - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - stall - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT STALLED INTO THE TOP OF A LARGE OAK TREE DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE PILOT HAD BEEN UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT DURING LANDING AND TO AVOID COLLISION WITH PARKED AIRCRAFT DECIDED TO GO-AROUND. THE TERRAIN WAS RISING IN THEDIRECTION OF GO-AROUND AND THE PILOT SLOWED UP THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID AN IMPACT AT HIGHER AIRSPEED. BEFORE IMPACT HE SAID HE SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN AND PULLED BACK ON THE STICK TO SLOW DOWN AND MUSHROOM INTO THE TREE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N23347](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23347-2012-09-04), registration cancelled 2012-09-04, S/N 15068889, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2071818
- Airframe hours: 2289
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert M. Schabert
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1983, 0 hours before
- Departed: 011, FAIR OAKS, CA
- Airport: 022, Columbia, runway 35, 4,060 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 40 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

## 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 19830617043759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830617043759A), Jun 17, 1983: Cessna 150H, Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. Mid field landing. Pilot tried to go around. Drifted off runway. Unable to clear rising terrain. Landed in a tree.

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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