# NTSB LAX85LA009: Cessna 172H, N8048L, Long Beach, CA, October 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 8, 1984, 21:00 local (Oct 9, 1984, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Coordinates: 33.819606, -118.110908 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8196&lon=-118.1109&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24571
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24571/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA009

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID THAT AFTER HE RETURNED TO THE ARPT FOR A NIGHT LANDING, HE APPLIED BACK PRESSURE DURING THE FLARE, THEN HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT LANDED HARD & BOUNCED. HOWEVER, THE PLT WAS ABLE TO TAXI TO THE PARKING AREA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8048L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8048L), registered now, S/N 17256248 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17256248
- Airframe hours: 4428
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Eagle Aviation
- Registered owner: Eddie F. Waters
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 4, 1984, 97 hours before
- Departed: LGB, LONG BEACH, CA
- Destination: LGB
- Airport: LGB, Daugherty Field, runway 25R, 6,192 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 180 total, 35 in this make and model, 132 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LGB

## 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 19841008055319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841008055319A), Oct 8, 1984: Cessna 172H, Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Leveled off too high on a night landing and dropped hard onto the runway.

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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