# NTSB LAX85LA096: Cessna 172RG, N5194U, Camarillo, CA, January 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 4, 1985, 14:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Coordinates: 34.230396, -119.069999 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2304&lon=-119.0700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24625
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24625/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA096

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - attempted, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT UPON LANDING A STRONG GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE ACFT TO DEVIATE TO THE LEFT. APPLICATION OF THE APPROPRIATE FLIGHT CONTROLS DID NOT ARREST THE DEVIATION. BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT NOT IN TIME TO PREVENT THE ACFT FROM EXITING THE RWY. THE ACFT NOSED OVER AS IT EXITED THE RWY AND ENTERED ONTO THE ROUGH TERRAIN. THE ARPT MGR REPORTED THAT STRONG GUSTY, VARIABLE WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE IS NO CONTROL TWR AT THE ARPT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5194U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5194U-2007-11-29), registration cancelled 2007-11-29, S/N 172RG0277, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG0277
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-F1A6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Green Hornets Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Stephen P. Tucker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: VNY, VAN NUYS, CA
- Airport: CMA, Camarillo, runway 8, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 105 total, 6 in this make and model, 64 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## 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 19850104000229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850104000229A), Jan 4, 1985: Cessna 172RG, Camarillo, CA, Substantial damage. Forced off side of runway by wind that exceeded max. Crosswind component of aircraft. Nosed over onto its back.

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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