# NTSB LAX83LA070: Cessna 150L, N19304, Palo Alto, CA, January 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1983, 23:15 local (Jan 11, 1983, 07:15 UTC)
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Coordinates: 37.409599, -122.130035 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4096&lon=-122.1300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23597
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23597/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA070

## 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
  - landing gear,nose gear - not engaged (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsafe/hazardous condition - not identified, other person (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - separation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AFTER A LOCAL NIGHT FLIGHT. UPON LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER LEAVING THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DURING HIS PRE-FLIGHT THE PILOT HAD FAILED TO SEE THAT THE NOSE GEAR SCISSORS HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT REMOVED THE NOSE GEAR DAMPENER EARLIER ON THE DAY OF THE FLIGHT. THE OWNER DID NOT PLACCARD THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE MISSING PART.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19304](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19304-2003-05-28), registration cancelled 2003-05-28, S/N 15074321, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2071826
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Steven Plume
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: PAO, Palo Alto, runway 30, 2,500 × 65 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,911 total, 738 in this make and model, 1,743 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °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 19830110002039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830110002039A), Jan 10, 1983: Cessna 150L, Palo Alto, CA, Substantial damage. Departed with nose gear scissors not connected. Aircraft veered off runway on landing. Nose gear collapsed.

## Other investigations on N19304 (1)

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 OAK79DVM17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVM17), Apr 22, 1979: Cessna 150L (N19304), Palo Alto, CA, 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. Compare the reported make and model.

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