- Date
- December 5, 1984, 13:43 local (21:43 UTC)
- Place
- Ukiah, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N22505Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841205066049A
- Case key
- 24609
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Lack of recent total experienceFactor
Object - approach light/navaidFactor
Analysis
On initial takeoff roll, plt allowed acft to drift left while attention was focused on the airspeed indicator. When drift was noted, plt cut power and applied brakes but acft collided with VASI lights.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22505
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068323
- Airframe hours
- 5,651
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gordon Ag Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 6, 1984 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- UKI · Ukiah, CA
- Airport
- CA · Ukiah, runway 15, 5,005 × 150 ft, asphalt
N22505Registration cancelled Dec 7, 2012 · Cessna 150HAirframe modelCessna 150HEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UKI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.