# NTSB LAX86LA158: Cessna 150L, N7384G, Kailua Kona, HI, March 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 29, 1986, 11:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Kailua Kona, HI
- Coordinates: 19.629695, -155.989654 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.6297&lon=-155.9897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25107/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA158

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - water,rough
  - stall/spin - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

GROUND WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT SPIRAL INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. NEITHER THE PLT NOR THE ACFT HAVE BEEN RECOVERED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7384G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074701
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Trade Winds Air Service
- Registered owner: Michael Mitchell
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 4, 1985
- Departed: KOA, KAILUA KONA, HI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: KOA, 8 nm away

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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