# NTSB LAX82DUQ18: Cessna 172N, N634NH, Burbank, CA, September 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1982, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70085
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DUQ18
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70085/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUQ18

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N634NH-2013-04-29), registration cancelled 2013-04-29, S/N 17271422, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271422
- Airframe hours: 1100
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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

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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