- Date
- May 5, 1983, 18:30 local (May 6, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Beac, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4913GCessna C-172-N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23587
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Sequence of events
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Miscellaneous/other
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Analysis
The left aileron sustained damag under undetermined circumstancea. A near miss was described by the pilot and could not be substantiated by radar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4913G
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172-N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273460
- Airframe hours
- 587
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero-Flite Center
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Collins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1983 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 237 total · 130 in this make and model · 164 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBG, 12 nm away