- Date
- September 4, 1988, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hemet, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60547Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880904036739A
- Case key
- 25861
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain an airspeed at which the aircraft is controllable. Gusty winds, high density altitudes and the failure of the pilot to obtain a preflight weather briefing and to conduct an evaluation were factors in the accident.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60547
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070391
- Airframe hours
- 5,134
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sundance Land & Livestock Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- Hemet, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 60 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIV, 30 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.