# NTSB LAX84LA335: Cessna 172M, N9518H, San Fernando, CA, June 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 2, 1984, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: San Fernando, CA
- Coordinates: 34.279308, -118.440933 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2793&lon=-118.4409&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24299
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA335
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24299/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA335

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9518H-1999-04-19), registration cancelled 1999-04-19, S/N 17266195 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17266195
- Airframe hours: 1932
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840602022019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840602022019A), Jun 2, 1984: Cessna 172M, San Fernando, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing and bounced causing nose wheel to collapse.

## Other investigations on N9518H (2)

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.

- [NTSB LAX98FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA045), Nov 25, 1997: Cessna 172M (N9518H), El Cajon, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The solo student's failure to see and follow the other aircraft on the downwind as he had been instructed. Factors influencing this accident was the failure of the pilots in the other aircraft to see…
- [NTSB LAX76FUQ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUQ34), Apr 15, 1976: Cessna 172M (N9518H), Oxnard, CA, substantial damage

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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