- Date
- August 16, 1983, 23:50 local (Aug 17, 1983, 06:50 UTC)
- Place
- Herndon, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3926FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830816045329A
- Case key
- 23823
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the approach and landing were normal. During rollout, the acft's landing light failed and the pilot was unable to see well enough to maintain his course on the rwy. The acft veered off the left side onto soft terrain and the nose gear collapsed. There are no illuminated rwy lights.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3926F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36826
- Airframe hours
- 2,170
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth W. Ellis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1982 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- PTV · Porterville, CA
- Airport
- Q60 · Sierra Sky Park, runway 30, 2,920 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 116 total · 19 in this make and model · 84 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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.