# NTSB LAX83LA423: Cessna 172, N3584Q, S. Lake Tahoe, CA, September 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 5, 1983, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: S. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Location: 38.8739° N, 119.9060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from LAKE TAHOE (TVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8739&lon=-119.9060&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23843
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA423
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23843/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA423

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO TOWER PERSONNEL, THE PLT LANDED APRX 2000 FT DOWN THE RWY, THEN INITIATED A GO-AROUND. AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING, THE NOSE WAS IN A HIGHER THAN NORMAL ATTITUDE, THE AIRSPEED WAS SLOW, AND THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT IMPACTED WITH TREES APRX 1/2 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3584Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3584Q-2012-09-18), registration cancelled 2012-09-18, S/N 17261684, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 61684
- Airframe hours: 2645
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Arthur J. Marek
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 14, 1982, 64 hours before
- Departed: APC, NAPA, CA
- Destination: TVL, S. LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: TVL, South Lake Tahoe, runway 36, 8,544 × 150 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 103 total, 44 in this make and model, 62 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TVL

## 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 19830905046049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830905046049A), Sep 5, 1983: Cessna 172M, South Lake Taho, CA, Destroyed. Elected to go around after landing 2000 feet down 8000 feet runway. Drifted into trees on the climbout.

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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