# NTSB LAX89LA043: Cessna 150L, N17293, Sacramento, CA, November 10, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 9, 1988, 16:15 local (Nov 10, 1988, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Coordinates: 38.639762, -121.54074 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6398&lon=-121.5407&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26292
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26292/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA043

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS ON HIS 3RD INSTRUCTIONAL SOLO FLT. DRG AN APCH TO LAND, THE ACFT WAS SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE RWY. THE STUDENT TRIED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION, THEN DECIDED THE ACFT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND. HE ADDED FULL PWR TO GO AROUND. HOWEVER, THE ACFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT & WAS NOT GAINING ALTITUDE. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT DRIFTED OFF THE RWY & COLLIDED WITH AN UNOCCUPIED AIRPLANE. AFTER THE ACDNT, THE PILOT NOTED THE THROTTLE WAS IN THE FULL FWD PSN & THE FLAPS WERE FULLY EXTENDED. THERE WAS NO RPRTD MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION PRIOR TO THE ACDNT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N17293](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17293), registered now, S/N 15073706, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073706
- Airframe hours: 9859
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Sacramento Aero Service
- Registered owner: Sacramento Aero Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 21, 1988, 118 hours before
- Departed: Q96
- Airport: Q96, Natomas Fld, runway 16, 2,700 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 61 total, 61 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 11,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SMF, 6 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 19881109050259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881109050259A), Nov 9, 1988: Cessna 150L, Sacramento, CA, Substantial damage. Tried to line up with runway centerline on short final. Drifted off other side and struck a parked aircraft.

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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