# NTSB LAX88LA194: Cessna 150, N5411Q, Hesperia, CA, May 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 22, 1988, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Hesperia, CA
- Location: 34.2929° N, 117.3846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from HESPERIA (L26), within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2929&lon=-117.3846&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26009/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA194

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - aircraft performance,climb capability - exceeded (cause)
  - performance data - not used, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - aircraft weight and balance - exceeded, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5411Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5411Q-1991-04-17), registration cancelled 1991-04-17, S/N 15073311 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073311
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880522017729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880522017729A), May 22, 1988: Cessna 150L, Hesperia, CA, Substantial damage. Unable to climb out of ground effect on takeoff,stalled into rising terrain,was over gross at high density altitude

## Other investigations on N5411Q (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX75FUQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUQ28), May 4, 1975: Cessna 150 (N5411Q), Van Nuys, CA, substantial damage

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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