- Date
- May 12, 1982, 14:39 local (21:39 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Beac, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7394GCessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71122
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while he was on final approach to runway 19, he applied full flaps near the airport boundary and the aircraft veered to the right. He said that the aircraft did not respond to aileron control inputs. The aircraft continued to the right, and eventually, it impacted with two mobile homes about 250 ft abeam of the intended landing area. An examination of the aileron system revealed that all cables and pulleys were intact. The cables were in the proper positions and showed no signs of unusual wear or binding, and no foreign objects were found. All flap cables and pulleys were intact and properly routed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7394G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259094
- Airframe hours
- 1,227
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter Lohmeyer
- Registered owner
- Walter Lohmeyer
- Departed
- BFL · Bakersfield, CA
- Destination
- Mayville, NY
- Airport
- L16 · Meadowlark
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,886 total · 1,770 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB, 8 nm away