# NTSB LAX84FA215: Cessna 150M, N66436, Clovis, CA, March 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1984, 13:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Clovis, CA
- Coordinates: 36.810482, -119.710906 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8105&lon=-119.7109&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23942
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84FA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23942/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA215

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ostentatious display, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - utility pole (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT HAD CALLED HIS GIRLFRIEND TO SAY HE WAS GOING TO FLY OVER HER HOUSE AN THAT HE WANTED HER TO WAVE AT HIM AS HE FLEW PAST. IN FLYING LOW OVER HER HOUSE THE PLT WAVED AND YELLED LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD ON THE GROUND. A FRIEND SAID THAT DURING A RECTANGULAR FLT PATH OPPOSITE THE GIRLS HOUSE THE NOSE PITCHED UP AND THE ACFT ENTERED A SPIN AND COMPLETED 3 TURNS BEFORE IMPACT WITH A UTILITY POLE AND THE GROUND. OTHER WITNESSES SAID THE ACFT HAD BEEN DOING AEROBATICS AND HAD STALLED BEFORE THE FATAL SPIN. TWO WITNESSES SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THE ACFT NUMBER TO REPORT IT TOO FAA FOR LOW FLYING. IN A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG WITH THE ACFT OTHER THAN IMPACT DAMAGETHE PROPELLER EVIDENCED TORSIONAL LOAD AT IMPACT. NO PRE-IMPACT ABNORMAL CONDITION WAS NOTED IN THE EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT OCCUPANTS BODIES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N66436 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15076048
- Airframe hours: 3494
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Remile Aviation Inc
- Registered owner: Alyde Aircraft Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 17, 1983, 67 hours before
- Departed: 0Q4, SELMA, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 200 total, 150 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FAT, 7 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 19840312006579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840312006579A), Mar 12, 1984: Cessna 150M, Clovis, CA, Destroyed. Stalled and spun in during low altitude acrobatics and buzzing over a friends residence. Aircraft burned on impact.

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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