# NTSB LAX90LA040: Cessna 150, N89190, Santa Ynez, CA, November 25, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 25, 1989, 10:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Santa Ynez, CA
- Coordinates: 34.639598, -120.019134 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6396&lon=-120.0191&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26692
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX90LA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26692/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA040

## Probable cause

THE STUDENT PILOT'S LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A GO-AROUND.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - aborted
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - aborted

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR. THE PILOT HAD LESS THAN 20 HOURS TOTAL FLIGHT EXPEREINCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89190](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89190-1994-08-08), registration cancelled 1994-08-08, S/N 15282667 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Santa Ynez Aviation
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Airport: OCA4, Santa Ynez, runway 26, 2,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; medical: class 3, unknown; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °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 19891125046769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891125046769A), Nov 25, 1989: Cessna 152, Santa Ynez, CA, Substantial damage. Veered off runway landing. Bounced three times on grass trying to go around then struck a hangar.

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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