# NTSB LAX72FUD09: Cessna 182, N5937B, Los Angeles, CA, March 28, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 28, 1972
- Place: Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 18, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165920
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX72FUD09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72FUD09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0130  72/3/28    LOS ANGELES,CALIF   CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1923                    N5937B              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  33, 4435 TOTAL HOURS, 220
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HAWTHORNE,CALIF             LOS ANGELES,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER
        REMARKS- SECURITY GUARD WALKED INTO PROP WHILE OPENING GATES.PLT SHUT ENG DOWN PRIOR TO IMPACT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5937B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Los Angeles

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.

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