# NTSB LAX85LA365: Cessna 150, N5422Q, Newport Beach, CA, August 23, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 23, 1985, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Newport Beach, CA
- Coordinates: 33.600399, -117.859779 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6004&lon=-117.8598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24815
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA365
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24815/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA365

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - water,rough (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073322
- Airframe hours: 2700
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850823041279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850823041279A), Aug 23, 1985: Cessna 150L, Newport Beach, CA, Destroyed. Aileron drag kept aircraft in a low airspeed bank. Pushed nose down, impacted water. Should have also used rudder.

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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