# NTSB LAX86LA224: Cessna 152, N714UL, Tonopah, AZ, May 17, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 17, 1986, 08:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place: Tonopah, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.430294, -113.049461 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4303&lon=-113.0495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25161
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA224
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25161/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA224

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - congested (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - wind information - not identified, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK DURING TAKEOFF GROUND RUN FROM AN INTERSTATE. THE PLT INDICATED THE ACFT HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL ON THE X-COUNTRY FLT AND HE HAD NOT REFUELED AT THE DEPARTURE POINT. HE LANDED ON THE INTERSTATE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND SENT HIS PAX FOR FUEL. THE PAX RETURNED WITH APPROXIMATELY 10 GALS OF 100 LL. SEVERAL TRUCKERS STOPPED THE HWY TRAFFIC IN THE EASTBOUND LANES SO THE PLT COULD TAKEOFF. A TRUCK WAS PARKED APPROXIMATELY 600 FT FROM THE START POINT IN THE RIGHT EMERGENCY LANE (SOUTH SIDE OF EASTBOUND LANES.) THE PLT INITIATED A SOLO TAKEOFF FROM THE INTERSTATE AND THE ACFT ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 KNOTS. AS THE ACFT PASSED THE TRUCK THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE REAR CORNER OF THE TRUCK GROUND LOOPING THE ACFT INTO THE TRUCK'S LEFT SIDE. THE WINDS AT AN AIRPORT LOCATED 40 MILES TO THE EAST WERE REPORTED FROM THE NORTH AT 12 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N714UL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714UL-1989-01-27), registration cancelled 1989-01-27, S/N 15279443 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 152794422
- Airframe hours: 2922
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Westwind Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 10, 1986, 106 hours before
- Destination: GYR, PHOENIX, AZ
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: GYR, Phoenix-Goodyear

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 103 total, 84 in this make and model, 72 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PRC, 88 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 19860517017989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860517017989A), May 17, 1986: Cessna 152, Tonopah, AZ, Destroyed. Highway landing due to fuel exhaustion. During crosswind takeoff roll wing struck a truck trailer.

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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