# NTSB LAX05LA138: Cessna 150F, N8324G, Prescott, AZ, April 15, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: April 14, 2005, 19:10 local (Apr 15, 2005, 02:10 UTC) - Place: Prescott, AZ - Coordinates: 34.654445, -112.419723 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6544&lon=-112.4197&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 25, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 61326 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX05LA138 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61326/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA138 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause) - Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll ## Analysis The nose landing gear collapsed after the airplane veered off the left side of the runway. The pilot landed the airplane, but shortly after touchdown, the airplane began to shake violently and began fishtailing left and right. The airplane departed the runway surface to the left and the nose gear collapsed. The pilot indicated that he could have prevented the accident if he had applied full power, pulled back on the control yoke, and gone around after experiencing the shaking. Examination of the airplane by a local mechanic following the accident revealed no pre-existing anomalies with the airplane. ## Factual narrative On April 14, 2005, at 1910 mountain standard time, a Cessna 150F airplane, N8324G, veered off the runway and the nose landing gear collapsed while landing at the Ernest A. Love Field Airport (PRC), Prescott, Arizona. The private pilot, sole occupant, was not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to a private individual and was operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 as a personal flight. The cross-country flight originated from Murietta, California, and was destined for Prescott, where the pilot was going to refuel the airplane and check the weather before continuing on to Tennessee. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan had not not filed for the flight. During a telephone interview conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge, the pilot reported that air traffic control asked him to over fly the airport at 6,500 feet and enter a downwind leg to runway 21L. The pilot did so, and though his approach was a bit high, the landing was good. However, shortly after touchdown the airplane began to shake violently and began fishtailing left and right. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and the nose landing gear collapsed. Sometime during the excursion, the left and right wing tips scraped the ground. The airplane sustained damage to the propeller; engine cowling, mounts, and firewall; nose landing gear; and the left outboard wing tips and ribs. The weather observation facility at PRC reported the following information following the accident: wind from 260 degrees at 7 knots; visibility 10 statute miles; clear skies; temperature 18 degrees Celsius; dew point -7 degrees Celsius; altimeter setting of 29.99 inches of mercury. In the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) under the section titled, "Recommendation (How Could This Accident Have Been Prevented)," the pilot indicated that he could have applied full power, pulled back on the control yoke, and gone around after experiencing the sideways jerking and back-and-forth movement began. He reported having accumulated a total of 452 hours of flight time, of which 9.3 hours were accumulated in the same make and model as the accident airplane. Examination of the airplane by a local mechanic following the accident revealed no pre-existing anomalies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8324G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8324G), registered now, S/N 15062424 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150F - Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 62424 - Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Mitchell Morgan - Registered owner: Eric Doss - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 2005 - Departed: F70, Murrieta, CA - Destination: PRC, Prescott, AZ - Airport: PRC, Earnest A. Love Field, runway 21L, 7,550 × 150 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 40; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review March 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 452 total, 9 in this make and model, 107 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 260° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 19 °F - Altimeter: 29.98 inHg - Observed at: PRC ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050414010199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050414010199A), Apr 14, 2005: Cessna 150F, Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was on cross-country from calif. To tenn. He entered Prescott traffic area and was cleared to land on rwy 21R using RH traffic. Prior to entering… ## Other investigations on N8324G (2) 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. - [NTSB SEA70FXM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70FXM04), Feb 12, 1970: Cessna 150 (N8324G), Boise, ID, substantial damage - [NTSB SEA66F0233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66F0233), Mar 16, 1966: Cessna 150 (N8324G), Boise, ID, substantial damage 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. 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