# NTSB LAX82DA141: Cessna 172, N73890, Bakersfield, CA, April 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 18, 1982, 14:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69868
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA141
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69868/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA141

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON AN AIRSTRIP WITH A VINEYARD ABOUT 20 FT LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS A LEFT QUARTERING HEADWIND AT 10 KNOTS.  THE FIRST LANDING WAS ABORTED AFTER TOUCHDOWN WHEN THE PLANE STARTED TO VEER LEFT AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED.  THE NEXT LANDING WAS MADE AT A MUCH SLOWER AIRSPEED.  AS BRAKING ACTION WAS BEGUN, THE PLANE VEERED LEFT AGAIN AND HEADED TOWARD SOFT TERRAIN ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  ANOTHER GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED, BUT THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE GRAPEVINES.  THE LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE VINES AND THE PLANE CRASHED IN THE VINEYARD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N73890](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73890-1983-02-07), registration cancelled 1983-02-07, S/N 17267731 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 67731
- Airframe hours: 2470
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Timothy D. Schulze
- Registered owner: Cableair Inc.
- Departed: POC, BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Destination: POC, BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Airport: 8L8, Di Giorgio, runway 35, 2,600 × 44 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 80 total, 14 in this make and model, 30 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 172 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820418011879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820418011879A), Apr 18, 1982: Cessna 172N, Bakersfield, CA, Destroyed. On second landing attempt, airplane veered left in soft sand. Struck grapevines on belated goaround.

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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