LAX82FA156 · Beech A24R
Beech A24R and Grumman AA-1A · Accident: midair collision on approach
Event
- NTSB case
- LAX82FA156
- 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 · Beech A24R
- Aircraft type
- Beechcraft 24
- 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
- N24584
- Operator
- Gary Higer
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Van Nuys Airport (VNY), Van Nuys, CATo Van Nuys Airport (VNY), Van Nuys, CA
- 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
- Approach · VFR pattern final
- 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
- Midair collision
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Aircraft 2 · Grumman AA-1A
- Aircraft type
- Grumman AA-1
- 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
- N7254L
- Operator
- Arthur L. Schonning · private individual
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Camarillo International Airport (CMA), Camarillo, CATo Camarillo International Airport (CMA), Camarillo, CA
- 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
- Approach · VFR pattern final
- 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
- Midair collision
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Minor
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 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VAN NUYS, CA ON A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREPARING ONE OF THE PILOTS FOR A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW. DURING THE FLIGHT, THE PILOTS PROCEEDED TO THE CAMARILLO AIRPORT FOR A LANDING. BOTH PILOTS REPORT THAT ADVISORY RADIO TRANSMISSIONS WERE MADE ON DOWNWIND, BASE, AND FINAL APPROACH. WHILE ON A SHORT FINAL APPROACH, THEY FELT THE IMPACT WHICH THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED AS SIMILAR TO WAKE TURBULENCE. A GO-AROUND WAS STARTED, BUT DISCONTINUED AS SOON AS THE INSTRUCTOR SAW THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND REALIZED THEY HAD A MID-AIR COLLISION WITH N7254L. THE PILOT OF N7254L WAS ON A STEEPER FINAL APPROACH FOR HIS THIRD AND LAST PRACTICE LANDING WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED. NONE OF THE PILOTS WERE AWARE OF THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL AFTER THE COLLISION. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PROPELLER OF N7254L MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUDDER AND RIGHT STABILATOR OF N24584. BOTH AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AFTER THE COLLISION.
Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record LAX82FA156
- Event ID
- 20020917X03642
- Case number
- LAX82FA156
- 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 UTC date the NTSB stores; the local time zone is not recorded, so the local date may differ by a day.
- API snapshot SHA-256: ac76db7fdd8735ab6e4c7198210776d94a5c5f9449e74854170cebedb052e9bd; retrieved 2026-09-22T03:05:48.503Z.