- Date
- September 23, 1989, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Paradise, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6215GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890923035819A
- Case key
- 26507
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the existing wind conditions and to maintain adequate airspeed. Contributing to the accident were the adverse wind conditions.
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
On short final approach the plt encountered gusty winds and a severe downdraft. The plt lost control of the acft & collided with terrain about 200 yards short of the rwy. The 116-hour plt acknowledged that prior to landing he was aware that a 90 degree, 15 knot cross wind existed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6215G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1507171
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter J. Cisneros
- Departed
- Willows, CA
- Destination
- Q88 · Paradise, CA
- Airport
- Q88 · Paradise, runway 35, 2,000 × 21 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 116 total · 116 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.