- Date
- February 29, 1992, 08:56 local (16:56 UTC)
- Place
- San Ysidro, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N45165Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920229004599A
- Case key
- 27407
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Probable cause
The certified flight instructor's improper supervision of the flight to correct the student pilot's improper use of the flight controls resulting in an excessive angle of attack and failure to maintain the proper airspeed. Contributing to this accident was the inadvertent stall/spin.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A Cessna 150M collided with level terrain after experiencing an in flight loss of control. The airplane had completed a touch and go landing and takeoff. When the airplane was on the initial climb phase the local controller instructed the pilot to change the landing runway. The flight was instructed to turn right proceed south of the airport and enter left traffic to land on the opposite runway. Tower personnel observed the airplane between 200 - 300 feet AGL when it entered into a left spin, descended uncontrolled and impacted the level terrain north of the approach end of the runway. A pilot witness reported that he first noticed the airplane climbing at a unusually nose-high attitude about 100 ft. AGL and level off momentarily. About 10 seconds later, at about 150 ft. AGL, the airplane again entered into an extreme nose high attitude, stalled and spun to the left. There was no evidence of any mechanical failures or malfunctions found with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45165
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 76763
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Escalante, Juan N, III
- Registered owner
- Escalante, Juan N, III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1991
- Airport
- SDM · Brown Field, runway 26, 7,999 × 200 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
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,960 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDM, 1 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.
Other investigations on N45165 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.