- Date
- August 27, 1992, 17:32 local (Aug 28, 1992, 00:32 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19920827033141A19920827033142A
- Case key
- 27449
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other. Contributing to the accident was the azimuth of the setting sun and the Cessna 182 pilots non standard flight pattern.
The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other. Contributing to the accident was the azimuth of the setting sun and the Cessna 182 pilots non standard flight pattern.
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
The CFI and his student in a C-150, were practicing touch and go's and announcing their intentions on CTAF 122.9, which they had been monitoring. The CFI said he observed no traffic ahead in the pattern and he scanned for traffic throughout the pattern and did not see anything. He said he also announced the turn to base over the CTAF. The CFI stated 'from this point I transferred my attention between my student and the approach and landing stage of the flight.' He said as they turned final they 'clipped' another acft. The CFI stated that he was at the controls at the time of the collision. Witnesses stated that the C-182, was observed flying upwind against the traffic pattern at an alt higher than the pattern. The aircraft then crossed the end of rwy 22 and entered a high rt downwind, then turned a high long final for rwy 22. At the same time they noticed the C-150 on a left base leg, then the collision. The previous staf of 122.7 had recently been changed to 122.9 the standard traffic pattern for runway 22 is lt hand.
The CFI and his student in a C-150 were practicing touch and go's and announcing their intentions on CTAF 122.9, which they had been monitoring. The CFI said he observed no traffic ahead in the pattern and he scanned for traffic throughout the pattern and did not see anything. He said he also announced the turn to base over the CTAF. The CFI stated 'from this point I transferred my attention between my student and the approach and landing stage of the flight.' He said as we turned final we 'clipped' another acft. The CFI stated that he was at the controls at the time of the collision. Witnesses stated that the acft C-182, was observed flying upwind against the traffic pattern at an alt higher than the pattern. The aircraft then crossed the end of rwy 22 and entered a high rt downwind, then turned a high long final for rwy 22. At the same time they noticed the C-150 on a left base leg then the collision. The previous CTAF of 122.7 had recently been changed to 122.9 CTAF. The standard traffic pattern for rwy 22 is lt hand.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N96829
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-66867
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Buttonwillow Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Buttonwillow Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1992
- Departed
- L62 · Buttonwillow, CA
- Airport
- SZP · Santa Paula, runway 22, 2,600 × 40 ft
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.
- Registration
- N63437
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-77313
- Airframe hours
- 5,879
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Santa Paula Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Richard P. Schutze
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 7, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- SZP · Santa Paula, runway 22, 2,600 × 40 ft
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N96829
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,548 total
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N63437
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.