- Date
- December 22, 1988, 08:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hesperia, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1542QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881222058479A
- Case key
- 26310
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a pleasure flight, while on final approach, the airplane was low on the approach. Just prior to reaching the airport boundary, the airplane collided with the top of a vehicle travelling on a road perpendicular to the runway. The airplane continued, and collided with the airport boundary fence. The pilot reported there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1542Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072842
- Airframe hours
- 1,843
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Swanhart, Eugene H.
- Registered owner
- Swanhart, Eugene H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1987 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- RIR · Riverside, CA
- Airport
- L26 · Hesperia, runway 21, 3,910 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,446 total · 528 in this make and model · 1,446 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VCV, 14 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.