# NTSB LAX85LA032: Cessna 152, N48809, Fillmore, CA, October 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 27, 1984, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Fillmore, CA
- Coordinates: 34.400524, -118.829956 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4005&lon=-118.8300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24587
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24587/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA032

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - radar assistance to vfr aircraft - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - high vegetation
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, UNFORECAST WX WAS ENCOUNTERED IN CRUISE AT 6,500 FT. THE STUDENT BECAME LOST AND ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN UNIMPROVED FIELD. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER COMING TO REST INVERTED. NO EFFORT WAS MADE BY THE PILOT TO GET ASSISTANCE FROM ATC WHEN HE BECAME LOST. WX AT THE NEAREST OBSERVATION FACILITY, 18 MILES NORTHEAST, WAS VMC WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 25,000 FT AND VISIBILITY OF 20 MILES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N48809 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280975
- Airframe hours: 2620
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Alpha Aviation
- Registered owner: Pamela J. Mitchell
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1984, 80 hours before
- Departed: L71, CALIFORNIA CITY, CA
- Destination: VNY, VAN NUYS, CA
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 42 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OXR, 18 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 19841027058769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841027058769A), Oct 27, 1984: Cessna 152, Fillmore, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft nose gear broke off during precautionary landing and aircraft flipped inverted.

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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