- Date
- June 22, 1983, 15:57 local (22:57 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Bch, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4655LCessna 172G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830622041969A
- Case key
- 23466
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt-in-command (PIC) & student plt were on an aerial photography flt when the PIC noticed a loss of eng oil pressure. They saw meadowlark arpt & began an emergency apch. The PIC stated that she relinquished her PIC duties to the student because she believed he had a higher level of flying experience. (The student had told her that he was a former military plt, but had not obtained a civilian plt certificate.) While on final apch, the acft was high, so the student elected to make a go-around and a 360 deg turn. During the turn, he retracted the flaps (later found a 10 deg). Subsequently, the acft mushed into the roof of a house & crashed into a fence & patio of an adjacent home. An exam revealed oil on the underside of the fuselage. The oil drain sump plug,quick drain,was found in the open position & no oil was found in the sump. The forward oil breather tube was clogged. Bearing babbit material was found inthe sump. The oil drain o-ring was worn, when cleaned/tested the sump plug leaked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4655L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254650
- Airframe hours
- 5,316
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ray Del Pino
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1982 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- EMT · El Monte, CA
- Airport
- L16 · Meadowlark, runway 19, 2,070 × 36 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 167 total · 39 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4655L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.