# NTSB LAX88LA050: Cessna 150H, N50320, Fullerton, CA, December 11, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 11, 1987, 13:27 local (21:27 UTC)
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Location: 33.8640° N, 118.0133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8640&lon=-118.0133&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25910
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25910/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA050

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,primer system - unlocked (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50320-2014-10-14), registration cancelled 2014-10-14, S/N 15069226, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069226
- Airframe hours: 5300
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871211075169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871211075169A), Dec 11, 1987: Cessna 150H, Fullerton, CA, Substantial damage. Rough engine on climbout. Landed on city street. Spark plugs out of tolerence. Found primer unlocked.

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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