# NTSB LAX88LA036: Cessna 150F, N6920F, Carmel Valley, CA, November 9, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 9, 1987, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Carmel Valley, CA
- Coordinates: 36.46038, -121.820259 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4604&lon=-121.8203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25899
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25899/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA036

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - displaced threshold (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT & PASSENGER WERE ON A FLT TO AN ARPT WITH A 2475' RWY & A DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF 665'. THE PLT RPRTD THAT WHEN HE ENTERED THE APCH TO LND ON RWY 11, THE ACFT WAS HIGHER THAN NECESSARY. HE CONTD THE APCH, BUT WHEN THE ACFT HAD NOT TOUCHED DOWN, AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY, HE ELECTED TO GO AROUND. HE STATED THAT HE 'PUSHED IN' THE THROTTLE & CARB HEAT, & 'RETRACTED SOME FLAPS.'  HOWEVER, THE ACFT DID NOT GAIN SUFFICIENT ALT. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT STRUCK A 50' TREE BEYOND THE END OF THE RWY & SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE RWY CENTERLINE. ALSO, THE PLT RPRTD THERE WAS A STEEP INCLINE BEYOND THE DEP END OF THE RWY WHICH WAS SURROUNDED BY TREES. THE ARPT FACILITIES DIRECTORY WARNED OF TREES & STATED 'NO TOUCH & GO LNDGS.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6920F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6920F-1990-03-14), registration cancelled 1990-03-14, S/N 15063520 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063520
- Airframe hours: 5953
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John M. Matula
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 15, 1987, 74 hours before
- Departed: HWD, HAYWARD, CA
- Airport: 062, Carmel Valley, runway 11, 2,475 × 35 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 208 total, 90 in this make and model, 178 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F
- 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 19871109063079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871109063079A), Nov 9, 1987: Cessna 150F, Carmel Valley, CA, Substantial damage. Too high on approach. Attempted a go around. Struck a tree at end of runway and collided with the terrain.

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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