# NTSB LAX85LA383: Cessna 150K, N6436G, Huntington Beac, CA, September 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 5, 1985, 19:17 local (Sep 6, 1985, 02:17 UTC)
- Place: Huntington Beac, CA
- Coordinates: 33.719234, -118.000335 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7192&lon=-118.0003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24829
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA383
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24829/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA383

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

ACFT LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF FROM HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, AND CRASHED LANDED ON THE ARPT. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PLT WAS NOT HURT. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED ONLY 1.6 GALS OF FUEL PRESENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6436G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071936
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ray M. Kato
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed: L16
- Destination: LGB, LONG BEACH, CA
- Airport: L16, Meadowlark, runway 19, 2,330 × 36 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,570 total, 860 in this make and model, 2,500 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LGB, 5 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 19850905043429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850905043429A), Sep 5, 1985: Cessna 150K, Huntington Beac, CA, Destroyed. Lost power on takeoff. Executed a left turn and crashed on the airport. Found no fuel in tanks.

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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