# NTSB LAX84LA228: Cessna 150M, N66390, Holbrook, AZ, March 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 23, 1984, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Holbrook, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.899942, -110.15742 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8999&lon=-110.1574&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24208
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24208/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA228

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - uphill (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A MOUND OF RUBBLE DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF. THE TAKEOFF WAS ATTEMPTED UPHILL TO AVOID BUILDINGS AND WIRES ACCORDING TO THE PLT. THE DENSITY ALT WAS 6200 FT.AFTER THE COLLISION THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66390](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66390-1984-11-16), registration cancelled 1984-11-16, S/N 15076014 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15076014
- Airframe hours: 39
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Thunderbird Academy
- Registered owner: Conference Corp. Of Az
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 7, 1983, 1 hours before
- Departed: PRI, HOLEBROOK, AZ
- Destination: SDL, SCOTTSDALE, AZ
- Airport: Private Strip

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,042 total, 1,605 in this make and model, 1,854 as pilot in command, 82 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PRC, 113 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 19840323007289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840323007289A), Mar 23, 1984: Cessna 150M, Holbrook, AZ, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during aborted takeoff when aircraft struck a mound of rubble.

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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