# NTSB LAX82FUQ12: Cessna 150M, N63331, Oxnard, CA, March 23, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: March 22, 1982, 18:55 local (Mar 23, 1982, 02:55 UTC)
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Location: 34.1994° N, 119.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oxnard, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1994&lon=-119.2075&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72131
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FUQ12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72131/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUQ12

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - physical impairment(carbon monoxide), pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED HAWTHORNE, CA AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 PST ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO PORTERVILLE, CA AND RETURN. DURING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT BECAME LOST AND LANDED AT VISALIA, CA. WHILE THERE HE OBTAINED FUEL AND DIRECTIONS TO PORTERVILLE AND DEPARTED. HE ARRIVED AT PORTERVILLE AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 PST, MET A FRIEND ON A SIMILAR FLIGHT AND BOTH AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT 1455 PST. THEY ARRIVED AT LOMPOC, CA AT 1715 PST WHERE THE FIRST PILOT DECIDED TO FLY BACK TO SANTA MARIA, CA TO PURCHASE FUEL. AFTER LANDING AND PURCHASING FUEL THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1720 PST WITH HAWTHORNE, CA AS THE DESTINATION. AT 1855 PST, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROACHING THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 07 AT THE VENTURA COUNTY AIRPORT, OXNARD, CA. THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT ON THE PILOT SHOWED A 48% CARBON MONOXIDE SATURATION IN HIS BLOOD CONTAINING 9.4% HEMOGLOBIN. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND THE LEFT HAND MUFFLER SHOWED SIGNS OF INTERNAL LEAKAGE INTO THE CABIN HEATER SYSTEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63331](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63331-1984-07-12), registration cancelled 1984-07-12, S/N 15077240 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077240
- Airframe hours: 4520
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Rose Aviation Incorporated
- Registered owner: Rose Aviation Incorporated
- Departed: SMX, SANTA MARIA, CA
- Destination: HHZ, HAWTHORNE, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Ventura County Airport, runway 7, 5,950 × 0 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 62 total, 62 in this make and model, 8 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 280° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 126 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19820322004769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820322004769A), Mar 22, 1982: Cessna 150M, Oxnard, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed on final approach for landing. Autopsy revealed 48% blood saturation of carbon monoxide.

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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