# NTSB LAX86LA163: Cessna 150M, N7563U, Glendale, AZ, April 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 3, 1986, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Location: 33.5387° N, 112.1860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glendale, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5387&lon=-112.1860&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25110
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25110/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA163

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - performed
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff

## Analysis

THE STUDENT'S CFI SAID THAT A DUAL SESSION WAS FLOWN EARLIER IN THE MORNING AND THAT THE ACCIDENT SESSION WAS THE STUDENT'S FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO. THE CFI SAID THAT ON THE FIRST LANDING OF THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND BEGAN DRIFTING OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT APPLIED POWER FOR A GO AROUND, AND AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, 'RAISED THE FLAPS ALL THE WAY UP AT ONCE.'  THE CFI REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT THEN 'STALLED, HIT ON THE LEFT WING TIP AND CARTWHEELED ON THE NOSE.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7563U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7563U-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 15077739, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077739
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Aztec Aviation
- Registered owner: Phillip A Secker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: P37, Glendale Muni, runway 35, 2,400 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 19860403009579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860403009579A), Apr 3, 1986: Cessna 150M, Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. The student bounced the landing, initiated a go around, retracted the flaps after airborne and stalled the aircraft

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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