Cessna 150 N5411Q accident, Hesperia, CA, May 22, 1988 · NTSB LAX88LA194

Date: May 22, 1988, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
Place: Hesperia, CA
Injuries: 2 uninjured
Damage: Substantial damage
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft: N5411QCessna 150
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Day
Status: Completed · report October 3, 1989
Report: Approved by Office Director
FAA report: 19880522017729A
Case key: 26009

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Sequence of events

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In flight collision with terrain/waterTakeoff

Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor

Aircraft performance,climb capability - exceededCause

Performance data - not usedPilot in command(cfi)Factor

Aircraft weight and balance - exceededPilot in command(cfi)Cause

Stall/mush - inadvertentPilot in command(cfi)Cause

Nose overTakeoff

Aircraft

Registration: N5411Q
Reported as: Cessna 150
Category: Airplane
Serial number: 15073311
Airframe hours: 3,400
Engine: Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage: Substantial damage
Flight: Instructional · Part 91
Registered owner: White, Daniel
Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
Last inspection: Annual · September 3, 1987 · 150 hours before
Departed: L26
Destination: L16 · Huntington, CA
Airport: L26 · Hesperia Air Lodge, runway 3, 3,910 × 50 ft, asphalt

N5411QRegistration cancelled Apr 17, 1991 · Cessna 150LS/N 15073311 Airframe modelCessna 150L

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Flight crew

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Role: Pilot
Age: 34
Certificates: Commercial, Flight instructor
Airplane ratings: Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings: Airplane
Medical: Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat: Right
Flight hours: 1,380 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days

Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind: 360° at 5 knots
Visibility: 15 statute miles
Lowest ceiling: None
Temperature: 90 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19880522017729ACessna 150L · Hesperia, CAUnable to climb out of ground effect on takeoff,stalled into rising terrain,was over gross at high density altitudeMay 22, 1988 · N5411Q · Substantial damage

Other investigations on N5411Q · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

NTSB LAX75FUQ28Accident · No injuriesClosedVan Nuys, CAMay 4, 1975 · Substantial damage