20070316006699A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Los Angeles, CA · March 16, 2007

Date
March 16, 2007
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
Whiteman Airport
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N326LP
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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.

(-23) On March 19, 2007, the van nuys FSDO received a telephone call from a privacy data omitted of vista aviation at the Whiteman Airport in pacoima, California. privacy data omitted Stated that one of his aircraft, a Cessna 172, was operated without permission from vista aviation some time between the late evening of Friday March 16, 2007 and the early morning of Saturday, March 17, 2007, and returned with extensive damage; dirt and rocks were on several surfaces. privacy data omitted Notified the local police and filed a report (report #0716-08541). Inspection of the aircraft revealed impact damage to the right outboard wing tip, and both forward and aft wing spars.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 19, 2007, THE VAN NUYS FSDO RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF VISTA AVIATION AT THE WHITEMAN AIRPORT IN PACOIMA, CALIFORNIA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT ONE OF HIS AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 172, WAS OPERATED WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM VISTA AVIATION SOME TIME BETWEEN THE LATE EVENING OF FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2007 AND THE EARLY MORNING OF SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2007, AND RETURNED WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE; DIRT AND ROCKS WERE ON SEVERAL SURFACES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTIFIED THE LOCAL POLICE AND FILED A REPORT (REPORT #0716-08541). INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT OUTBOARD WING TIP, AND BOTH FORWARD AND AFT WING SPARS.