# NTSB LAX95LA227: Cessna 150M, N63264, Turlock, CA, June 28, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1995, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Turlock, CA
- Coordinates: 37.470829, -120.849372 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4708&lon=-120.8494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 6, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 29129
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX95LA227
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/29129/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA227

## Probable cause

the failure of the student pilot to:  1) maintain the proper approach speed; 2) attain the proper touchdown point; and 3) her delayed decision to execute a go-around.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - aborted
  - airspeed(vref) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN RUNWAY 12 AND NOSED OVER. THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED MIDFIELD, WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND AN AIRSPEED 10 KNOTS TOO FAST. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE WIND LIFTED THE PLANE AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STOP. THE PILOT THEN REALIZED THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING AND SHE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND.  THE AIRPLANE DID NOT LIFTOFF BEFORE REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT SOFT SOIL. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. THERE WERE NO REPORTED MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## Factual narrative

On June 28, 1995, at 1320 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N63264, overran runway 12 and nosed over at Turlock Municipal Airport, Turlock, California.  The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot received minor injuries.  The flight originated from Sutter County Airport, Yuba City, California.  The flight was the first leg of a planned four-leg cross-country.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed.

The student pilot indicated that she had landed midfield, with 20 degrees of flaps and an airspeed 10 knots too fast.  She also mentioned that after touchdown, the wind lifted the plane and she hit the brakes.  After realizing that there was not enough room to stop, she attempted a go-around.  The airplane exited the asphalt runway and hit soft soil, causing the nose gear to collapse.  The airplane nosed over and came to rest on its back.  The student pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N63264 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077215
- Airframe hours: 5514
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Thomas I. King
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 24, 1995, 100 hours before
- Departed: O52, YUBA CITY, CA
- Destination: O15
- Airport: O15, Turlock Municipal Airport, runway 12, 3,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SCK, 42 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19950628015569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950628015569A), Jun 28, 1995: Cessna 150M, Turlock, CA, Substantial damage. Student landed midfield and down wind. Tried go around. Ran off end into soft soil. Collapsed nose gear. Nosed over

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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