34.2098° N, 118.4900° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 9, 1987 · 23:15 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6864X
Reported as
Cessna 551
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,879 total1,005 in this make and model60 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.
Lost directional control and veered off runway into soft shoulders.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO SOFT SHOULDERS.