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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172K · Huntington Beac, CA · May 12, 1982

Date
May 12, 1982 · 14:40 local
Place
Huntington Beac, CA
Airport
Meadowlark
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N73942
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,886 total14 in this make and model14 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.

Pilot lost control during approach for landing and aircraft crashed into house trailer on final approach.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO HOUSE TRAILER ON FINAL APPROACH.