# NTSB Accident WPR18FA249
> **Cessna 150L** · 2018-09-04 · Pacoima, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR18FA249
- **Event ID:** 20180903X35137
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-09-04
- **Location:** Pacoima, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.257221, -118.408889
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 150L
- **Registration:** N10789
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

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.

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