# NTSB LAX83LA307: Cessna A150K, N8496M, San Diego, CA, June 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 25, 1983, 13:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Coordinates: 32.80912, -117.029258 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8091&lon=-117.0293&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23767
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA307
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23767/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA307

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## Analysis

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT CIRCLING OVER THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT LOW ALTITUDE. THE ACFT BANKED STEEPLY, PITCHED UP & THE NOSE FELL THROUGH THE HORIZON. THE STUDENT PLT FLYING THE ACFT RESIDED FOUR HOUSES AWAY FROM WHERE THE ACFT CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8496M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8496M-1984-08-02), registration cancelled 1984-08-02, S/N A15000196 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Registry model: [Cessna A150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (registry code 2071824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A15000196
- Airframe hours: 4564
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aviation Exployer Post, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 22, 1983, 20 hours before
- Airport: MYF, Montgomery, runway 28L, 3,400 × 150 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 14 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SEE, 4 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 19830625026919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830625026919A), Jun 25, 1983: Cessna A150K, San Diego, CA, Destroyed. Student with a passenger stalled in a steep turn over his residence. Went into a flat spin into a garage roof.

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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