- Date
- September 18, 1982, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Burbank, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N634NHCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70085
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Touch-and-go - performedFactor
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftCause
Throttle/power control - delayedCause
Lack of recent total experienceCause
Aborted takeoff - misjudgedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - airport facilityFactor
Ground loop/swerve - intentionalFactor
Analysis
Pilot doing touch and go cut off carb. Heat waited for full flap retraction then added power for takeoff. When plane did not climb out of ground effect he closed throttle, landed, and ground looped into wall to avoid blast fence head on.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N634NH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271422
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Norman C. Hackney
- Registered owner
- Norman C. Hackney
- Departed
- Burbank, CA
- Destination
- Burbank, CA
- Airport
- Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena, runway 15, 7,000 × 100 ft, concrete
N634NHRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 197 total · 36 in this make and model · 72 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F