# Accident 20021221034509A: Cessna 172N, Pacoima, CA, December 21, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2656° N, 118.4136° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2656&lon=-118.4136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021221034509A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON DECEMBER 21, 2002, AT 1400 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N733AM, MADE A HARD LANDING AT WHITEMAN AIRPORT, PACOIMA, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED ABOUT 1355. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED "HIS TAKEOFF, PATTERN, AND APPROACH WERE GOOD. HIS TOUCHDOWN WAS GOOD, BUT APPARENTLY HE PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE WITH TOO MUCH REMAINING AIRSPEED. THE PLANE BALLONED, STALLED, AND LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR, DAMAGING THE FIREWALL." (-23) (THIS IS A RECONSTRUCTED 8020-3 AT THE REQUEST OF REGION). ON THIRD LANDING OF THE FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, MR. MILTON LARAMA LI PORPOISED AND MADE A HARD NOSEWHEEL LANDING, CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO FIREWALL, BOOT COWL, FLOOR, TUNNEL, AND PROPELLER. THIS ACCIDENT WAS WITNESSED BY HIS INSTRUCTOR, MR. VARTAN PETROSY. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS SUFFICIENT TO REQUIRE DISMANTLING AND TRUCKING TO THE REPAIR FACILITY. NOTE: NO INFORMATION WAS RETAINED TO CO     MPLETE BLOCKS 36 THROUGH 38.

## 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 LAX03LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA053), Dec 21, 2002: Cessna 172N (N733AM), Pacoima, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's excessive use of the elevator control that resulted in an inadvertent lift-off and his failure to maintain/attain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall and hard landing.

## Other reports on N733AM (1)

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

- [Accident 19981114031779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981114031779A), Nov 14, 1998: Cessna 172N (N733AM), Lancaster, CA, Substantial damage. (.19)On November 14, 1998, at 1032 hours pacific standard time, a Cessna 172N, N733AM, veered off the side of the runway after landing at the general wm. J.…

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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