Cessna 150L N11919

Summary

On 30 August 2000 at about 00:22 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N11919 was involved in an accident near Laton, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 August 2000 at 00:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Laton, California, United States

Coordinates

36.4294, -119.6907

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N11919

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hanford → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX00FA319

2 people died.

failure of the pilot to maintain an adequate airspeed while maneuvering, resulting in a stall at an altitude too low to allow recovery.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane spiraled into a walnut grove near a friend's home. The pilot frequently flew over his friend's home at low altitude. As he flew by the north side of the home in a left turn at an estimated 300 feet agl, he opened the window and said, "hello." His friend on the ground 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. This turn initially appeared to be like the others the witnesses previously observed; however, this time the bank angle continued to rapidly increase so that they observed the tops of the airplane's wings. They observed a simultaneous rapid movement of the nose to a nearly vertical nose down position. Investigators discovered no discrepancies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane or engine.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.