# NTSB LAX82DA128: Cessna 150, N8760U, Mendota, CA, April 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 5, 1982, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Mendota, CA
- Coordinates: 36.670425, -120.45037 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6704&lon=-120.4504&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71660
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA128
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71660/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA128

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8760U), registered now, S/N 15077982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077982
- Airframe hours: 3233
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820405010279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820405010279A), Apr 5, 1982: Cessna 150M, Mendota, CA, Substantial damage. Ran off edge of runway into soft mud while looking for taxiway after landing. Airplane nosed over.

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.

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