# NTSB LAX85LA292: Cessna 172P, N52789, Glendale, AZ, June 22, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 21, 1985, 20:00 local (Jun 22, 1985, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Location: 33.5387° N, 112.1860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glendale, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5387&lon=-112.1860&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24754
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA292
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24754/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA292

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vref) - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHEN THE PLT REALIZED HE WAS LOW DURING FINAL APCH TO A LANDING, HE ERRONEOUSLY DECIDED NOT TO USE FULL FLAPS INSTEAD OF ADDING POWER, VREF WAS HIGH AND THE LANDING WAS 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE 2400 FT RWY. BELIEVING HE HAD SUFFICIENT ROOM TO TAKEOFF AGAIN, FULL POWER WAS ADDED, BUT THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF POWER LINES OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY INFLUENCED THE PLT TO ABORT THE GO AROUND. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RWY AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N52789](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52789), registered now, S/N 17274607, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274607
- Airframe hours: 1387
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Stellar Executive Serv. Inc.
- Registered owner: Laris Russell
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 26, 1984, 84 hours before
- Departed: P19, CHANDLER, AZ
- Destination: P37
- Airport: P37, Glendale Muni, runway 17, 2,400 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 19 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 99 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PHX, 15 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 19850621027429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850621027429A), Jun 21, 1985: Cessna 172P, Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. Landed long and started to go around but aborted. Ran off end of runway. Nose and right main gear separated.

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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