# NTSB LAX84LA332: Cessna 150M, N6493K, Perris, CA, June 3, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1984, 15:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place: Perris, CA
- Location: 33.7646° N, 117.2190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRIS VALLEY (L65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7646&lon=-117.2190&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24296
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA332
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24296/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA332

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - initiated, pilot in command
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING A LANDING, THE PLT ELECTED TO GO AROUND. POWER WAS APPLIED, BUT THE ACFT SETTLED & TOUCHED DOWN IN A YAW TO THE LEFT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT DEPARTED THE RWY & COLLIDED WITH A PARKED DC-3. THREE PERSONS WERE STANDING BY THE DC-3 WAITING TO BOARD IT FOR FLT. ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE PLT HAD FLOWN A TOTAL OF 8.2 HRS IN 1983 & 2.6 HRS IN 1984 PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, BUT HAD NOT FLOWN IN THE PREVIOUS 90 DAYS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6493K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077728
- Airframe hours: 4290
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aviation Facilities, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: FUL, FULLERTON, CA
- Airport: L65, Perris Valley, runway 33, 2,700 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 81 total, 77 in this make and model, 39 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: 92CA, 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 19840603024109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840603024109A), Jun 3, 1984: Cessna 150M, Perris, CA, Destroyed. Pilot was attempting go around and lost directional control of aircraft which left runway and collided with DC3.

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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