- Date
- April 2, 1985, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1588QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850402009879A
- Case key
- 24484
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Analysis
The student & instructor plt (CFI) were on a local instructional flt. The student had flown a total of only 3 hrs prior to this flt. Just before the accident, the acft was observed spinning toward the ground in a near vertical descent. It impacted in an orange grove, but only one tree was damaged. During an exam of the wreckage, no preimpact part failure or malfunction was found. There was evidence of ample fuel aboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1588Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072888
- Airframe hours
- 2,545
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Dean Barnett, doing business as Chino Air Service
- Registered owner
- T.W. Alley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1984 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,014 total · 892 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 10 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.