# NTSB LAX85LA021: Cessna 172RG, N6456V, El Monte, CA, October 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 16, 1984, 15:51 local (22:51 UTC)
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Coordinates: 34.079505, -118.029853 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0795&lon=-118.0299&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): 24580
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24580/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA021

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT FAST & LOST CONTROL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY & STRUCK A PERIMETER FENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6456V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6456V), registered now, S/N 172RG0712 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG0712
- Airframe hours: 1273
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-F1A6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Aero Assoc. Of Caltech Inc
- Registered owner: David Rosing
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 16, 1984, 49 hours before
- Departed: LAS, LAS VEGAS, NV
- Destination: EMT, EL MONTE, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: EMT, El Monte, runway 19, 3,995 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 162 total, 22 in this make and model, 125 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: EMT

## 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 19841016056279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841016056279A), Oct 16, 1984: Cessna 172RG, El Monte, CA, Substantial damage. Landed with too much airspeed, wheelbarrowed, off side of runway, hit perimeter fence.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.