Cessna 172 N172HW

Summary

On 24 May 1986 at about 17:29 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N172HW was involved in an accident near Huntington Bch, California, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 May 1986 at 17:29

Classification

Accident

Location

Huntington Bch, California, United States

Nearest airport

Meadow Lark (L-16)

Coordinates

33.7107, -118.0403

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N172HW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Riverside → Huntington Bch

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86LA232

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 ACFT CONTACTED A PARKED CAR AND A HANGAR FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE PLT REPORTED THE ACFT WAS HIGH AND FAST ON FINAL APCH. HE SELECTED FULL FLAPS AND A NOSE UP ATTITUDE TO LOSE AIRSPEED AND ALT. HE FLARED THE ACFT AT 20 FT AGL AT WHICH TIME, HE CLAIMED, HIS PASSENGER TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS TO HELP LAND THE ACFT. THE ACFT THEN SETTLED TO THE RWY AND BOUNCED 20 FT IN THE AIR. THE PLT APPLIED FULL POWER AND LOWERED THE NOSE TO GAIN AIRSPEED IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAR A BUILDING 600 FT AHEAD. THE ACFT THEN CONTACTED A PARKED CAR NEXT TO THE BUILDING. THE RT FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, WHO IS A CFI, DENIES TOUCHING THE CONTROLS. THE OPERATORS MANUAL STATES TO REDUCE FLAPS TO 20 DEGS IMMEDIATELY AFTER APPLYING FULL POWER FOR A BALKED LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.