# NTSB LAX83LA225: Cessna R172K, N1133V, Huntington Bch, CA, May 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1983, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Huntington Bch, CA
- Coordinates: 33.710063, -118.040763 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7101&lon=-118.0408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23707
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23707/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA225

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER RETURNING FROM A SIGHT-SEEING FLT TO CATALINA ISLAND, THE PLT MADE AN APCH TO RWY 19. THE APCH WAS HIGH, SO HE WENT AROUND. HE LANDED ON THE 2ND APCH, BUT THE ACFT BOUNCED, SO HE WENT AROUND AGAIN. ON THE 3RD APCH, HE USED 30 DEG OF FLAPS & HAD AN AIRSPEED OF 75 KNOTS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. PORPOSIED 3 TIMES AND SUBSEQENTLY WAS STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE RUNWAY. A POST FLT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, PROPELLER TIPS, THE BELLY, THE NOSE GEAR AND THE FLT CONTROLS WERE JAMMED. REPOTEDLY, ALL SYSTEMS WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY PRIOR TO THE HARD LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1133V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1133V-1998-07-15), registration cancelled 1998-07-15, S/N R1722121 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R1722121
- Airframe hours: 1453
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-K 195 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dayton R. Bord
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 18, 1983, 12 hours before
- Airport: L16, Meadowlark, runway 19, 2,330 × 36 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 75 total, 3 in this make and model, 28 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

## Other investigations on N1133V (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 LAX96LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA247), Jun 26, 1996: Cessna R172K (N1133V), Oroville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: undetermined.

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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