- Date
- March 31, 1985, 09:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Anza, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N738UZCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850331010239A
- Case key
- 24483
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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
After making two previous takeoffs and one landing in an overloaded airplane the pilot landed about 1000 feet down a 3200 foot runway. When the aircraft failed to decelerate quickly enough and the pilot attempted a go-around toward rising terrain. The aircraft failed to out climb the terrain and the pilot initiated an off airport landing. The aircraft impacted a fence, dirt bank and nosed over on its back. Density altitude at the accident site at the time was 3400 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738UZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17270260
- Airframe hours
- 853
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Modern Aero Of California
- Registered owner
- John M. Stearns
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 25, 1985 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Destination
- Anza, CA
- Airport
- Lake Riverside, runway 28, 3,200 × 100 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 227 total · 30 in this make and model · 179 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIV, 32 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.