# NTSB OAK73AP012: Cessna A150L, N5949J, Yorkville, CA, November 25, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 25, 1972
- Place: Yorkville, CA · YORKVILLE, CA
- Location: 38.8980° N, 123.2145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yorkville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8980&lon=-123.2145&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 23, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169463
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK73AP012
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP012

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3620  72/11/25   YORKVILLE,CALIF     CESSNA A150L        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 22, 88 TOTAL
        TIME - 1700                    N5949J              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          YORKVILLE,CALIF            UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED ABT 400FT, SLOW SPEED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5949J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5949J-1973-01-12), registration cancelled 1973-01-12, S/N A150 0249 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150L
- Registry model: [Cessna A150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150l) (registry code 2071828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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