# NTSB LAX83LA223: Cessna 172M, N9962V, Furnace Creek, CA, May 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1983, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Furnace Creek, CA
- Coordinates: 36.600193, -116.829734 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6002&lon=-116.8297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23705
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23705/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA223

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING ON RWY 33, THE PLT SAW SOFT TERRAIN AHEAD AS HE APPROACHED THE END OF THE RWY. HE ELECTED TO TURN LEFT OFF THE RWY TO STOP; HOWEVER, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED SOFT TERRAIN & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9962V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 64580
- Airframe hours: 1493
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Peter V. Morris
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 6, 1983, 3 hours before
- Departed: CCB, UPLAND, CA
- Destination: L06, FURNACE CREEK, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: L06, Death Valley, runway 33, 3,300 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 596 total, 571 in this make and model, 473 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Day
- Wind: 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F

## 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 19830507018199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830507018199A), May 7, 1983: Cessna 172M, Furnace Creek, CA, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on remaining runway. Veered off side of runway into soft ground and flipped over

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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