Cessna 150 N8729S

Summary

On 29 June 1986 at about 08:02 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N8729S was involved in an accident near Hesperia, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 June 1986 at 08:02

Classification

Accident

Location

Hesperia, California, United States

Nearest airport

Hesperia Air Lodge (L26)

Coordinates

34.3591, -117.3200

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N8729S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Upland → Bullhead City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

LAX86LA272

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED CARBLE AIRPORT (CCB), UPLAND, CA, ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES PERSONAL FLIGHT TO BULLHEAD CITY, ARIZONA. THE STUDENT PLT REPORTED WHILE APPROACHING HESPERIA, CA AT ABOUT 7,500 FT M.S.L. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE AN INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE STUDENT PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT HESPERIA AIR LODGE (L26). WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH SOME UNMARKED WIRES WHICH CROSS THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE. THE AIRPLANE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE BEFORE THE ENGINE COULD BE EXAMINED. PLTS FLT TIME WAS NOT AVAILABLE/NOT REPORTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.