N10789 — 1973 Cessna 150L

Aircraft record

Serial number

15075041

Manufacturer

Cessna

Model

150L

Year

1973

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

Cont Motor 0-200 Series

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N10789 →

Accident & incident history

1. WPR18FA249Sep 4, 2018Pacoima, CAFatal · 1 fatal

   A loss of engine power shortly after takeoff due to fuel exhaustion, and the exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack when the flight instructor made an abrupt turn back toward the runway, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin at an altitude too low for recovery. Contributing to the accident was an inadequate preflight inspection.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1973 Cessna 150L).

1. Dec 3, 2018deregistered — Sale Reported

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N10789 was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1973 Cessna 150L above.

• until Jun 26, 1935Pitcairn PCA2 (s/n B-23)

Frequently asked

Has N10789 been in an accident?

Yes. N10789 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2018.

What kind of aircraft is N10789?

N10789 is a 1973 Cessna 150L (fixed wing single-engine), serial number 15075041.

Has N10789 been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N10789 (WPR18FA249) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.