# NTSB LAX83LA457: Cessna 172P, N55264, Glendale, AZ, September 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 25, 1983, 10:43 local (17:43 UTC)
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.129768, -112.12918 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1298&lon=-112.1292&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): 23863
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA457
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23863/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA457

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

REPORTEDLY, THE PLT LANDED LONG. HE THEN APPLIED BRAKING ACTION & 1 WHEEL LOCKED. AT THAT POINT, THE ACFT WAS STILL GOING TOO FAST TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY & THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RWY TO GO AROUND. THE PLT STEERED THE ACFT OFF THE END OF THE RWY & IT WENT INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH & WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55264](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55264), registered now, S/N 17275147, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275147
- Airframe hours: 860
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John P. Thorne
- Registered owner: Aviation Associates
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 29, 1983, 50 hours before
- Departed: APU, APPLE VALLEY, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: P37, Glendale Muni, runway 17, 2,400 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 90 total, 19 in this make and model, 36 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PHX, 19 nm away

## 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 19830925055329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830925055329A), Sep 25, 1983: Cessna 172P, Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. Overran the runway into a ditch on the landing roll.

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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