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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Bakersfield, CA · April 18, 1982

Date
April 18, 1982 · 14:25 local
Place
Bakersfield, CA
Airport
Digiorgio
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N73890
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82DA141
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
303
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
80 total14 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On second landing attempt, airplane veered left in soft sand. Struck grapevines on belated goaround.

As the FAA filed it

ON SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT IN SOFT SAND. STRUCK GRAPEVINES ON BELATED GOAROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.