Cessna 150L accident near Laton, CA
On August 30, 2000, a Cessna 150L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Laton, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 30, 2000
- Place
- Laton, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.429°N, 119.691°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X21756
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 29, 2000, at 1722 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N11919, was destroyed when it collided with terrain while maneuvering near Laton, California. The private pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot and one passenger sustained fatal injuries. The local area personal flight departed a private strip on the pilot's farm at an unknown time. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The accident site's GPS coordinates were 36 degrees 24.862 minutes north latitude and 119 degrees 45.295 minutes west longitude. Witnesses reported the pilot frequently flew over their home at low altitude. They observed him on those occasions to complete 360-degree turns as he opened his side window and conversed with them. On this occasion, the pilot flew by the north side of the home in a left turn at an estimated 300 feet agl. He opened his window and said, "hello." One of the ground witnesses invited him to come visit after his flight and he responded, "we will." The airplane continued the left turn, momentarily leveled out, then banked left and began to turn left again. By this point the airplane had completed 270 degrees of turn and was now east of the home. This turn initially appeared to be like others the witnesses previously observed. However, this time the bank angle continued to rapidly increase so that they observed the top of the airplane's wings. They observed a simultaneously rapid movement of the nose to a nearly vertical nose down position as the bank angle incr
Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain an adequate airspeed while maneuvering, resulting in a stall at an altitude too low to allow recovery.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
