- Date
- August 23, 1985, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newport Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5422QCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850823041279A
- Case key
- 24815
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Judgment - poorCause
Altitude - improperCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water,roughFactor
Analysis
The acft was circling to photograph a sailboat race. The plt rptd that when he attempted to rollout of the turn the acft flt controls did not respond. In order to prevent a stall the plt applied full power and pushed the nose downwards. The acft collided with the ocean and sank. Both occupants exited the acft and did not sustain any injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5422Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073322
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Geraldine M. Conser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1985
- Departed
- L16 · Huntington Bea, CA
- Airport
- L16 · Meadowlark
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,411 total · 638 in this make and model · 2,341 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA, 6 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.