# Accident 20220109000479A: Cessna 172H, Pacoima, CA, January 9, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2022, 14:08 local time
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Airport: Whiteman
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2543° N, 118.4093° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2543&lon=-118.4093&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8056L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8056L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220109000479A

## Narrative

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

N8056L DEPARTED RY12 AND CLEARED FOR A RIGHT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE. ON CLIMB OUT, PILOT DECLARED MAY DAY WITH INTENT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON THE ADJACENT RAILROAD TRACKS. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SAN FERNANDO RD AND OSBORNE ST.

THE PILOT WAS INJURED AND EXTRACTED FROM AIRCRAFT BY FIRST RESPONDERS. MOMENTS LATER, A PASSING TRAIN MADE IMPACT WITH AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS CONSEQUENTLY DESTROYED.

A subsequent tear-down inspection of the airframe/engine determined there was a foreign substance WITHIN THE FUEL GASCOLATOR AND CARBURETOR FLOAT BOWL consisting of rust particles. These findings are consistant with water contaminination within the fuel system.

## 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 WPR22LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA076), Jan 9, 2022: Cessna 172H (N8056L), Los Angeles, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection during which he failed to remove all water contamination in the fuel system, which resulted in a total loss of engine power on takeoff. Contributing to the…

## Other reports on N8056L (1)

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

- [Incident 19971105038859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971105038859I), Nov 5, 1997: Cessna 172H (N8056L), Half Moon Bay, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on November 5, 1997 at approximately 10:00 PST, a CE-172 owned in partnership by Mr. Franklin e. welch, was involved in an off airport landing…

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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