- Date
- June 2, 1984, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Fernando, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9518HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840602022019A
- Case key
- 24299
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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
When the plt made his 1st apch to land, the acft was too high on final, so he made a go-around. He reported that on the 2nd apch, the acft was traveling too fast & floated for a long period prior to touching down. During the landing, the acft bounced & impacted in a nose down attitude. The nose gear collapsed & the acft skidded to a stop on the rwy. The firewall & forward cabin area were also buckled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9518H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266195
- Airframe hours
- 1,932
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry Layton/Michael Spencer
- Registered owner
- Larry Layton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1984 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- P06 · Bullhead City, AZ
- Destination
- SFR · San Fernando, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SFR · San Fernando, runway 19, 2,280 × 50 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 86 in this make and model · 96 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9518H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.