# NTSB LAX86LA261: Cessna 150M, N63437, Santa Paula, CA, June 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 22, 1986, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Coordinates: 34.400825, -119.07061 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4008&lon=-119.0706&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): 25189
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA261
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25189/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA261

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - aircraft handling - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload

## Analysis

WHILE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON AN AUTHORIZED SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE STUDENT PILOT BALLOONED AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE DOWN THE RUNWAY. ON THE THIRD NOSE GEAR CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63437](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63437), registered now, S/N 15077313, 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: 15077313
- Airframe hours: 2441
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Santa Paula Flight Center
- Registered owner: Eric D. Schutze
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 3, 1986, 139 hours before
- Airport: SZP, Santa Paula, runway 22, 2,650 × 40 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: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 11 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 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 19860622030509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860622030509A), Jun 22, 1986: Cessna 150M, Santa Paula, CA, Substantial damage. The student porpoised the aircraft on landing, collapsing the nose gear.

## Other investigations on N63437 (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX92FA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA367), Aug 28, 1992: Cessna 150 (N63437), Santa Paula, CA, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO SEE AND AVOID EACH OTHER. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE AZIMUTH OF THE SETTING SUN AND THE CESSNA 182 PILOTS NON STANDARD FLIGHT PATTERN.

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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