# NTSB LAX88LA100: Cessna 150F, N7069F, Lake Havasu Cty, AZ, January 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 27, 1988, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Lake Havasu Cty, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.479114, -114.320808 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4791&lon=-114.3208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25946
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25946/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA100

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - pole (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING A PLEASURE FLT, WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A PWR LOSS. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE SHORT OF THE RWY WHERE THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TELEPHONE POLE, SLOWING THE ACFT DURING THE LANDING ROLL. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS, HOWEVER, WATER WAS FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR HEAT BOX. THE FUEL DRAINED FROM THE CARBURETOR SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF CONTAMINATION. THE ENGINE WAS SUCCESSFULLY RUN AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7069F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063669
- Airframe hours: 2149
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Joseph Laplaca
- Registered owner: Jean Laplaca
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 4, 1988, 17 hours before
- Departed: BLH, BLYTHE, CA
- Destination: LHV, LAKE HAVASU, AZ
- Airport: LHU, Lake Havasu, runway 23, 6,167 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; flight instructor, airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 8,841 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 8,841 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EED, 23 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 19880127001459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880127001459A), Jan 27, 1988: Cessna 150F, Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final. Crash landed short of runway. Found water in fuel.

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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