# NTSB LAX83LA239: Cessna 150K, N8406M, Tucson, AZ, May 20, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 20, 1983, 10:41 local (17:41 UTC)
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Coordinates: 32.059787, -111.420333 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0598&lon=-111.4203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23720
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23720/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA239

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT BECAME MISALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING AND LANDED IN A CRAB WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE GOT CAUGHT IN A DUST-DEVIL WHICH BLEW HIM SIDEWAYS. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT,A RIGHT CROSSWIND OF 8 TO 10 KTS EXISTED. THE REPORTED WIND AT TUCSON INTERNAT'L AIRPORT WHICH IS 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, WAS 310 DEGREES AT 13 KTS. THE PILOT WAS COMPLETING THE LAST LEG OF A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8406M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8406M-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N A15000106, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna A150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (registry code 2071824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1500106
- Airframe hours: 3375
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Danny Genzman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, March 31, 1983, 0 hours before
- Departed: CZG, CASA GRANDE, AZ
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: RYN, Ryan, runway 24L, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 13 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TUS, 12 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 19830520020719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830520020719A), May 20, 1983: Cessna 150K, Tucson, AZ, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing in crosswind and lost control of aircraft.

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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