# NTSB LAX83IA345: Cessna 411, N235UV, Huntington Bch., CA, July 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1983, 21:00 local (Jul 18, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Huntington Bch., CA
- Coordinates: 33.660354, -117.969474 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6604&lon=-117.9695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23594
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83IA345
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23594/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA345

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PILOT INADVERTANTLY LANDED WITH GEAR UP DUE TO THE DISTRACTION OF MAKING A SHORT FIELD LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N235UV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N235UV-2015-04-30), registration cancelled 2015-04-30, S/N 4110052, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- Registry model: [Cessna 411](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (registry code 2075902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0052
- Airframe hours: 4200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520-C 340 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ronald Rafferty
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 15, 1982, 82 hours before
- Departed: TRM, THERMAL, CA
- Destination: L16, HUNTINGTON BCH, CA
- Airport: L16, Meadowlark, runway 19, 2,330 × 36 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 16,075 total, 510 in this make and model, 15,900 as pilot in command, 110 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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).

- [Incident 19830717061919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830717061919I), Jul 17, 1983: Cessna 411, Huntington Beac, CA, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Failed to use a landing checklist.

## Other investigations on N235UV (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA88FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA094), Jan 27, 1988: Cessna 411 (N235UV), Venice, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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