Cessna 150M N63331

Summary

On 23 March 1982 at about 02:55 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N63331, operated by Rose Aviation Incorporated, was involved in an accident near Oxnard, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 March 1982 at 02:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Oxnard, California, United States

Nearest airport

Ventura County Airport

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N63331

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Rose Aviation Incorporated

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Maria → Hawthorne

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX82FUQ12

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 STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED HAWTHORNE, CA AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 PST ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO PORTERVILLE, CA AND RETURN. DURING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT BECAME LOST AND LANDED AT VISALIA, CA. WHILE THERE HE OBTAINED FUEL AND DIRECTIONS TO PORTERVILLE AND DEPARTED. HE ARRIVED AT PORTERVILLE AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 PST, MET A FRIEND ON A SIMILAR FLIGHT AND BOTH AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT 1455 PST. THEY ARRIVED AT LOMPOC, CA AT 1715 PST WHERE THE FIRST PILOT DECIDED TO FLY BACK TO SANTA MARIA, CA TO PURCHASE FUEL. AFTER LANDING AND PURCHASING FUEL THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1720 PST WITH HAWTHORNE, CA AS THE DESTINATION. AT 1855 PST, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROACHING THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 07 AT THE VENTURA COUNTY AIRPORT, OXNARD, CA. THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT ON THE PILOT SHOWED A 48% CARBON MONOXIDE SATURATION IN HIS BLOOD CONTAINING 9.4% HEMOGLOBIN. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND THE LEFT HAND MUFFLER SHOWED SIGNS OF INTERNAL LEAKAGE INTO THE CABIN HEATER SYSTEM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.