Cessna 172P N5366K
22 September 1987 · Santa Monica, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 September 1987 at about 16:10 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N5366K, operated by American Flyers, was involved in an accident near Santa Monica, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Santa Monica, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Santa Monica Muni (SMO)
- Coordinates
- 34.0105, -118.4596
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P
- Registration
- N5366K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- American Flyers
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Santa Monica → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX87LA349
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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, ON HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, EXECUTED TWO FULL STOP LANDINGS WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON THE NEXT LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND AND BALLOONED. HE INDICATED THAT HE OVER-CORRECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED DOWN INTO THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO IT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 1987 | Cessna 172 | Prospect, Oregon, United States | Robert W. Baucum | No injuries | - |
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| 6 Jun 1987 | Cessna 172N | Marion, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Nov 1987 | Cessna 172P | Danville, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Aug 1987 | Cessna 172M | Marietta, Georgia, United States | U.s. Navy Flying Club | No injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 1987 | Cessna 172 | Baxley, Georgia, United States | Eugene Youmans | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 24 Dec 1987 | Bede BD-5 | Chula Vista, California, United States | Teufel, Armin U. | Fatal | 1 |
| 25 Oct 1987 | Stits ELKINS 85 | Camarillo, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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