# NTSB LAX89LA017: Cessna 150F, N8194F, Goodyear, AZ, October 18, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 18, 1988, 08:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.369621, -112.379348 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3696&lon=-112.3793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26274
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26274/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA017

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - berm (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT DRG THE LANDING ROLL, THE ACFT ENCTRD A GUST OF WIND & VEERED OFF THE DIRT STRIP & ONTO A RAISED BERM (EDGE OF RWY). AFTER ENCTRG THE SOFT DIRT & ROUGH TERRAIN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE PLANE NOSED OVER. THE PLT HAD LANDED WITH 40 DEG OF FLAPS. HE ESTIMATED THE WIND WAS FROM 240 DEG AT 6 GUSTING TO 18 KTS. NO PRE-ACDNT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE ACFT WAS RPRTD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8194F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8194F-2006-05-01), registration cancelled 2006-05-01, S/N 15064294, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064294
- Airframe hours: 2520
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Albert L. Field
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1988, 17 hours before
- Departed: RYN, TUCSON, AZ
- Airport: Field Ranch Strip, runway 21, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 74; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 588 total, 588 in this make and model, 588 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 6 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19881018046949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881018046949A), Oct 18, 1988: Cessna 150F, Goodyear, AZ, Substantial damage. Lost directional control in a gust of wind landing on a dirt strip. Struck a dirt bank on edge of strip.

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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