- Date
- May 21, 1978
- Place
- Simi Valley, CA · SIMI VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9340HCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780521009359A
- Case key
- 142406
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0993 78/5/21 SIMI VALLEY,CA CESSNA 172F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 83 TOTAL TIME - 2105 N9340H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA SUSANA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA BARBARA,CA SIMI VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- BUSHES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9340H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Susana
N9340HRegistration cancelled May 13, 2023 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9340H · 1
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