- Date
- March 10, 1984, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pacoima, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52702Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840310005539A
- Case key
- 24197
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the overflight of the uncontrolled field, both plts noticed that the wind tee indicated rwy 12 as the landing direction. During landing, the acft floated & touched down about 2/3 down the rwy. The acft struck a fence & trees at the end of the rwy. Shortly after the accident, several acft made go-arounds due to excessive floating. The wind tee hadto be manually aligned in accordance with the wind sock, mounted on top of the tee. The wind sock was faded & difficult to discriminate from the bright orange color of the wind tee. The instructor plt reported the wind was from the north at 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52702
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274585
- Airframe hours
- 463
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Louis Fusari
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BUR · Burbank, CA
- Airport
- WHP · Whiteman, runway 12, 3,725 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 200 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BUR, 4 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.