# NTSB LAX87LA209: Cessna 150M, N9220U, Apple Valley, CA, May 18, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 18, 1987, 09:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: Apple Valley, CA
- Coordinates: 34.570152, -117.150779 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5702&lon=-117.1508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25591
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25591/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA209

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENTERED AN INADVERTENT SPIN DURING THE INITIAL CLIMBOUT FOLLOWING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF POWER AFTER CLIMBING TO 500 FEET. ANOTHER PILOT ON THE AIRPORT OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A VERY HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK WITH THE ENGINE OPERATING AT FULL POWER WHEN IT NOSED OVER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND FROM A HEIGHT OF 50 TO 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9220U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9220U-2013-03-18), registration cancelled 2013-03-18, S/N 15078170, built 1976 (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: 15078170
- Airframe hours: 2854
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Medveczky, Bandi
- Registered owner: Bandi B Medveczky
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 12, 1987, 36 hours before
- Departed: L26, HESPERIA, CA
- Airport: APV, Apple Valley, runway 36, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 375 total, 240 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: VCV, 10 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 19870518013999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870518013999A), May 18, 1987: Cessna 150M, Apple Valley, CA, Destroyed. Conflicting reports but indications are that the 150 stalled on the climbout. Possibility due to conflicting traffic

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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