# NTSB LAX90LA067: Piper PA-46, N9150X, Van Nuys, CA, January 8, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 8, 1990, 11:14 local (19:14 UTC)
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 4, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26718
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX90LA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26718/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA067

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED DURING FINAL APPROACH WHICH ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO STALL AND COLLIDE WITH THE RUNWAY.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PILOT OF A PIPER PA-46 ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO STALL AND COLLIDE WITH THE RUNWAY, WHILE LANDING. HE STATED HE HAD SLOWED DOWN DURING THE APPROACH DUE TO PREVIOUS TRAFFIC STILL ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A FULL STALL AND THE PILOT'S APPLICATION OF POWER WAS TOO LATE TO PREVENT A COLLISION WITH THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9150X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9150X-1999-02-19), registration cancelled 1999-02-19, S/N 4622006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46
- Registry model: [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (registry code 7104620) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4622006
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-540-AE2A 350 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Miller, Gery F.
- Registered owner: Van Nuys Flight Center
- Departed: OXR, OXNARD, CA
- Destination: VNY, VAN NUYS, CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: VNY, Van Nuys, runway 16R, 8,000 × 150 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 225 total, 169 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: VNY

## 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 19900108000309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900108000309A), Jan 8, 1990: Piper PA46350P, Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. Slow on approach due to traffic on runway. Stalled on short final dropping to runway. Impact damaged wings.

## Other investigations on N9150X (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 IAD98FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA106), Sep 7, 1998: Piper PA-46-350P (N9150X), Centerville, NY, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions. Factors related to the accident were the pilot's failure to use weather detection equipment and use of airspeeds in excess of…

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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