- Date
- November 17, 1984, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ojai, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N704ZCCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841117064389A
- Case key
- 24592
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While simulating emerg procedures the plt added power and began a 180 deg turn to avoid colliding with trees. During the turn the right wing tip struck the rising terrain causing the acft to cartwheel to the ground inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704ZC
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078994
- Airframe hours
- 6,200
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael Dewey Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1984 · 180 hours before
- Departed
- SZP · Santa Paula, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 252 total · 133 in this make and model · 179 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N704ZC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.