# NTSB LAX87LA223: Cessna 152, N7320A, Oxnard, CA, June 3, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 2, 1987, 22:12 local (Jun 3, 1987, 05:12 UTC)
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Coordinates: 34.190429, -119.170639 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1904&lon=-119.1706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25600
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25600/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA223

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, takeoff - initial climb
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - turn to reverse direction
  - object - wire,transmission

## Analysis

THE PILOT DEPARTED OXNARD ARPT ON A VFR FLT TO WHITEMANT ARPT, LOS ANGELES, CA. GRND WITNESS OBSVD THE AIRPLANE ENTER CLOUDS AND FOG AFTER CROSSING THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE ARPT BOUNDARY. THE AIRPLANE WAS THEN OBSVD IN A DESCENDING LEFT TURN SOUTH OF THE ARPT. WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH WIRES AND CRASHED. THE PLT REPTD THAT THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED A POWER LOSS AND THAT HE WAS EXECUTING A FORCED LNDG; THE WITNESSES REPTD THAT THE ENGINE SOUND WAS STEADY THROUGHOUT THE CRASH SEQUENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7320A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7320A-1991-02-25), registration cancelled 1991-02-25, S/N A1500713 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna A150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150m) (registry code 2071831) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1500713
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Checkinski, W. J.
- Registered owner: Checinski, Wieslaw J
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 23, 1986
- Destination: WHP, LOS ANGELES, CA
- Airport: OXR, Oxnard, runway 25, 5,950 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 319 total, 319 in this make and model, 290 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 600 ft
- Temperature: 64 °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 19870602017689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870602017689A), Jun 2, 1987: Cessna A150M, Oxnard, CA, Destroyed. VFR pilot took off into near zero IMC and crashed into vehicles in a parking lot.

## Other investigations on N7320A (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 LAX84LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA126), Dec 31, 1983: Cessna A150M (N7320A), Castaic, CA, substantial damage

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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