# NTSB LAX85LA125: Cessna 150L, N5343Q, Hollister, CA, January 28, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1985, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Location: 36.9528° N, 121.4626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRAZIER LAKE AIRPARK (1C9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9528&lon=-121.4626&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24644
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24644/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA125

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - unapproved (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - abort above v1 - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM A TAXIWAY. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE TAXIWAY. PLT'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE HAD EXPIRED, AND HE DID NOT FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5343Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073243
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Glen W. King
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: 1C9, HOLLISTER, CA
- Destination: UNKNOWN
- Airport: 1C9, Frazier Lake Airpark

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SNS, 19 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 19850128001839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850128001839A), Jan 28, 1985: Cessna 150L, Hollister, CA, Substantial damage. Aborted takeoff on taxiway, ran off end. All attempts to contact pilot about accident unsuccessful.

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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