Cessna 150H N23222

Summary

On 7 July 1986 at about 14:25 local time, a Cessna 150H registered N23222 was involved in an accident near Phoenix, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 July 1986 at 14:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Deer Valley (DVT)

Coordinates

33.6792, -112.0904

Aircraft

Cessna 150H

Registration

N23222

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86FA282

1 person died.

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 PLT PERFORMED 1 NORMAL TOUCH & GO OPERATION, & TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY ON THE SECOND PLANED TOUCH & GO WHICH WAS TO TERMINATE WITH A RIGHT DEP OUT OF THE PATTERN. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT ROLL STRAIGHT ALONG THE RWY CENTERLINE FOR ABOUT 800 FT THEN BEGIN A GRADUAL DIVERGENCE FROM THE RWY WHICH SEEMED TO STABILIZE AT ABOUT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE. AFTER DEPARTING THE RWY EDGE, THE ACFT ROLLED AT A CONSTANT RATE OF SPEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 900 FT THROUGH THE DIRT AREA BETWEEN THE RWY & ADJACENT TAXIWAY BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A CONCRETE DRAINAGE ABUTMENT. THE WITNESSES SAW THE WINGS OF THE ACFT ROCK BACK & FOURTH DURING THE GND ROLL THROUGH THE DIRT. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT TRACKS CONFIRMED THAT THE ACFT DID OSCILLATE ABOUT THE ROLL AXIS & SHIFT WEIGHT FROM SIDE OT SIDE DURING THE GND ROLL. THE PLT HAD ACCRUED ONLY 8 DUAL HOURS TO THE FIRST UNSUPERVISED SOLO. THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WAS THE SECOND SOLO FLIGHT WITHOUT SUPERVISION. NO PREIMPACT FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS WERE FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.