# NTSB LAX86LA239: Cessna 150, N22MS, Gasquet, CA, May 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 31, 1986, 11:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place: Gasquet, CA
- Coordinates: 41.839775, -123.850753 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8398&lon=-123.8508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25173
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25173/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA239

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)
- Nose down, takeoff

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT, AS HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE WINDSOCK FOR RUNWAY 24 INDICATED ABOUT FIVE KNOTS OF WIND STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT, AS HE WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN, A SUDDEN CROSS WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO 'NOSE TO THE RIGHT'.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED OFF INTO THE GRASS AND STRUCK TIRES WHICH HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO FORM A CIRCLE AROUND THE WINDSOCK. IT THEN BOUNCED AND CAME DOWN NOSE FIRST, BUCKLING THE NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGING THE PROP AND RIGHT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N22MS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074565
- Airframe hours: 5095
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Hupp Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 13, 1986, 48 hours before
- Departed: 105, MONTAGUE, CA
- Destination: 009
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 009, Ward, runway 24, 2,990 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 98 total, 98 in this make and model, 30 as pilot in command, 55 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 6 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 19860531020069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860531020069A), May 31, 1986: Cessna 150L, Crescent City, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway in gusty wind conditions and struck the segmented circle around the windsock.

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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