# NTSB LAX85LA022: Cessna 180, N4932A, Santa Monica, CA, October 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 8, 1984, 09:31 local (16:31 UTC)
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Coordinates: 34.009498, -118.460914 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0095&lon=-118.4609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24581
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24581/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - weather condition - below approach/landing minimums (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PLT REPROTED, DESCENT MADE TO MDA OF 740 FT MSL AND VISUAL CONTACT MADE WITH RWY 1/2 MILE EAST OF ARPT. SLIPPED ACFT TO WITHIN 200 FT OF RWY AND MADE A WHEEL LANDING MIDFIELD. BOTH WHEELS LOCKED UP AND ACFT NOSED OVER. PLT STATED, 'I MAY HAVE HAD MY FEET ON THE BRAKES ON TOUCHDOWN.' REPORTED SURFACE WX 3 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT WAS BELOW APCH MINIMUMS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4932A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4932A), registered now, S/N 32329, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32329
- Airframe hours: 2989
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-K 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Walter H. Weber, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, January 5, 1984, 235 hours before
- Departed: L35, BIG BEAR CITY, CA
- Destination: SMO, SANTA MONICA, CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SMO, Santa Monica, runway 21, 4,987 × 150 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,967 total, 345 in this make and model, 1,863 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 500 ft
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SMO

## 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 19841008060729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841008060729A), Oct 8, 1984: Cessna 180, Santa Monica, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot had visual sight of runway and slipped to midfield landing. Touched down with feet on brakes, nosed over.

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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