# Accident 19931024040699A: Cessna 172, Murrieta, CA, October 24, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1993, 15:00 local time
- Place: Murrieta, CA
- Airport: Thompson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LNOS
- Location: 33.5649° N, 117.2399° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Thompson Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5649&lon=-117.2399&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96353, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96353-2010-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,370 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931024040699A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WINDSHIFT ON SHORT FINAL. RIGHT MAIN GEAR HIT RIDGELINE AND COLLAPSED PRIOR TO LANDING. CFI UNABLE TO CORRECT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX94LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA023), Oct 24, 1993: Cessna 172 (N96353), Murrieta, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE UNEXPECTED WINDSHEER THAT WAS ENCOUNTERED ON FINAL APPROACH. THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAIN/HILLY TERRAIN WAS A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N96353 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900405018689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900405018689I), Apr 5, 1990: Cessna 172P (N96353), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Loss of engine power on takeoff. Returned. Spark plug and its helicoil came out of cylinder spark plug boss.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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