# NTSB LAX85LA087: Cessna 172N, N737PZ, Pacoima, CA, December 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 13, 1984, 17:00 local (Dec 14, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Coordinates: 34.249233, -118.410873 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2492&lon=-118.4109&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24619
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24619/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA087

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED NORMALLY & TAXIED OFF THE RWY. THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND & NOSED OVER. WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 300 DEG AT 20 KTS GUSTING TO 25 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N737PZ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737PZ), registered now, S/N 17269580, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17269580
- Airframe hours: 1597
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Russell C. Stanley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 28, 1954, 70 hours before
- Departed: LAVERNE, CA
- Airport: WHP, Whiteman, runway 30, 3,725 × 40 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,950 total, 550 in this make and model, 1,800 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 300° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Observed at: BUR, 3 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841213069349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841213069349A), Dec 13, 1984: Cessna 172N, Pacoima, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot landed in strong wind, then turned crosswind onto the taxiway. Airplane was blown sideways, then 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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