LAX83FA454 · Cessna 150
Cessna 150 and Piper PA24-250 · Accident: on ground/water collision with object during landing
Event
- NTSB case
- LAX83FA454
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- API-reported fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Aircraft 1 · Cessna 150
- Aircraft type
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N3382V
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From not recordedTo not recorded
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Landing · landing roll
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- On ground/water collision with object
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Aircraft 2 · Piper PA24-250
- Aircraft type
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N7187P
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From CND · Chino, CATo not recorded
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Landing
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- On ground/water collision with object
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Cause areas
- Pilot in command › Visual lookout, inadequate
- Pilot of other aircraft › Visual lookout, inadequate
Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
THE PLT OF A CESSNA 150, N3382V, NOTED THAT THE WIND WAS CALM, SO HE ELECTED TO ENTER TRAFFIC FOR RWY 8 TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. HE SAID HE USED THE UNICOM FREQ TO ANNOUNCE ENTERING TRAFFIC FROM A 45 DEG ENTRY AS WELL AS ADVISING OF HIS POSITION IN THE PATTERN. HE MADE A TOUCH-&-GO LANDING & REMAINED IN THE PATTERN. AT ABOUT THAT SAME TIME, THE PLT OF A PIPER PA-24, N7187P, WAS ON ARRIVAL & MADE A STRAIGHT-IN APCH TO RWY 26. HE REPORTED THAT HIS ACFT HAD INTERMITTENT RADIO PROBLEMS. HE TRIED TO CONTACT THE UNICOM OPERATOR & WHEN HE GOT NO RESPONSE, CONTINUED THE APCH. THE ACFT LANDED ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE RWY AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. THE PA-24 PLT SAW THE CESSNA & BEGAN A GO-AROUND. HE LIFTED OFF & TURNED RIGHT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REMAIN AIRBORNE. THE ACFT SETTLED IN GRASS & WAS HEADED TOWARD WORKERS ON THE GROUND, SO THE PLT TURNED BACK TOWARD THE RWY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT COLLIDED ON THE RWY. THE CESSNA PLT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RAISING HIS FLAPS WHEN IMPACT OCCURRED & DID NOT SEE THE OTHER ACFT. AIM RCMDS DOWNWIND TRAFFIC ENTRY.
Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record LAX83FA454
- Event ID
- 20001214X44570
- Case number
- LAX83FA454
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
- API snapshot SHA-256: 4ab377a121719722cced98445d0b42131c92980a84e9962f649cf08254542d27; retrieved 2026-09-21T17:46:56.155Z.