# NTSB LAX83FA173: Piper PA-28-140, N1399H, Compton, CA, April 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 2, 1983, 06:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Compton, CA
- Coordinates: 33.869667, -118.240081 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8697&lon=-118.2401&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23442
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23442/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA173

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, go-around (vfr)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND A BRICK WALL DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AFTER OVERSHOOTING THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING. THE PILOT WAS HIGH AND HAD ABOUT 25 PERCENT OF THE RUNWAY LEFT WHEN HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. THE LANDINGWAS ATTEMPTED ON RUNWAY 25L. THE WIND WAS 030 DEGREES AT 4 KTS. THE WEATHER WAS VMC. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE TWO PILOTS IN THE FRONT SEAT WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER WAS NOT HURT. THERE WAS NO FIRE EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS FUEL PRESENT IN BOTH WINGS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1399H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1399H-1985-09-16), registration cancelled 1985-09-16, S/N 28-7725143 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Beech 1900C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (registry code 1154161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7725143
- Airframe hours: 2061
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jane Monjar
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 13, 1982, 40 hours before
- Departed: LGB, LONG BEACH, CA
- Airport: CPM, Compton, runway 25L, 3,670 × 50 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 190 total, 190 in this make and model, 109 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19830402010689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830402010689A), Apr 2, 1983: Piper PA28140, Compton, CA, Destroyed. Landed last third of runway on downwind landing. Struck a fence and a brick wall trying to go around too late.

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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