# NTSB LAX82FUA10: Piper PA-28-181, N5593V, Avalon, CA, February 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1982, 11:42 local (18:42 UTC)
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Location: 33.3440° N, 118.3214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avalon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3440&lon=-118.3214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 4 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69860
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FUA10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69860/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUA10

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command
  - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5593V-2009-09-15), registration cancelled 2009-09-15, S/N 28-7790483 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7790483
- Airframe hours: 1376
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820221004889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820221004889A), Feb 21, 1982: Piper PA28181, Avalon, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed beyond mid point on runway and ran off end into a canyon.

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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