- Date
- February 21, 1982, 11:42 local (18:42 UTC)
- Place
- Avalon, CA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5593VPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820221004889A
- Case key
- 69860
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Go-around - delayedCause
Aborted landing - performed
Elevator - improper use ofCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Witnesses observed the acft approach the rwy high and float approximately 2/3 the length of the rwy before touchdown. The acft then executed a go-around, nosed up and stalled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5593V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7790483
- Airframe hours
- 1,376
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Damon Franklin Henderson
- Registered owner
- Parson'S Air
- Departed
- Santa Ana, CA
- Destination
- EMP · Emporia, KS
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Catalina, runway 22, 3,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 87 total · 2 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Temperature
- 163 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.