# NTSB LAX83LA162: Cessna 150G, N6319S, Glendale, AZ, March 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1983, 15:03 local (22:03 UTC)
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.490058, -112.210311 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4901&lon=-112.2103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23654
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23654/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA162

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI) REPORTED THAT WHILE THE STUDENT WAS PRACTICING A FULL POWER CLIMB, THE ENG BEGAN A SMOOTH, BUT RELATIVELY RAPID, DECREASE IN POWER TO ABOUT IDLE RPM OR LESS. ALL ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE POWER WERE TO NO AVAIL. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A WHEAT FIELD. DUE TO THERMALS & GUSTY WINDS, HE PLANNED HIS TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD FOR SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, BRAKING WAS INEFFECTIVE DUE TO MOISTURE ON THE WHEAT. THE CFI WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE PLANE BEFORE HITTING A CONCRETE DRAINAGE DITCH AT THE END OF THE FIELD. AFTER HITTING THE DITCH, THE ACFT NOSED OVER. AN EXAM & RUN-UP OF THE ENG REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL FAILURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6319S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6319S-1985-12-23), registration cancelled 1985-12-23, S/N 15067119 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067119
- Airframe hours: 4223
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joda Inc. & Sulouss, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 25, 1982, 205 hours before
- Departed: P37, GLENDALE, AZ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 4,483 total, 2,255 in this make and model, 4,243 as pilot in command, 144 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PHX, 14 nm away

## 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 19830326011329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830326011329A), Mar 26, 1983: Cessna 150G, Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine lost power on training flight. Overshot an open field and hit a ditch. Post engine run was normal.

## Other investigations on N6319S (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 LAX83LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA021), Oct 3, 1982: Cessna 150 (N6319S), Peoria, AZ, 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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