- Date
- April 5, 1982, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mendota, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8760UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820405010279A
- Case key
- 71660
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Lack of total experienceFactor
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated he was looking out the left window for the taxiway when the aircraft ran off the runway into a soft field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8760U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077982
- Airframe hours
- 3,233
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Rudolf Jucker
- Registered owner
- Lennert Von Clemm
- Departed
- Q84 · Mendota, CA
- Destination
- Q84 · Mendota, CA
- Airport
- Q84 · Mendota, runway 32, 2,700 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.