- Date
- December 11, 1987, 13:27 local (21:27 UTC)
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N50320Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871211075169A
- Case key
- 25910
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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.
Analysis
As the aircraft began its initial climb after takeoff, the engine began to run rough and the pilot elected to land on a street. The aircraft impacted street signs during the ground roll and collided with the street curbing. Post acc investigation revealed the eng primer unlocked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50320
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069226
- Airframe hours
- 5,300
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Club Of Fullerton
- Registered owner
- Phillipe Silverman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1987 · 54 hours before
- Airport
- FUL · Fullteron Muni, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 4° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FUL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.