- Date
- December 13, 1985, 08:47 local (16:47 UTC)
- Place
- Oxnard, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7310XCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851213062009A
- Case key
- 24888
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft took off, pitched up steeply, stalled, nosed over to the right and crashed, nose down into the grass south of the rwy. Post accident inspection of the acft disclosed that the 2 inch bolt the plt used as a control gust lock for the elevator and ailerons had not been removed before the takeoff was attempted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7310X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059410
- Airframe hours
- 7,019
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dale Ruhmel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1985 · 90 hours before
- Destination
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Airport
- OXR · Oxnard, runway 7, 5,950 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,368 total · 4,493 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OXR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7310X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.