# NTSB LAX85LA357: Cessna 172P, N65748, Glendale, AZ, August 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1985, 06:55 local (13:55 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: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24807
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA357
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24807/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA357

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - intentional, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE RWY AND INTO A DITCH AFTER A LANDING AT GLENDALE, AZ. THE RWY IS 2400 FT LONG AND 50 FT WIDE. THE PLT STATED HE LANDED ABOUT 40% DOWN THE RWY, BOUNCED THREE TIMES, STEERED OFF THE RWY AND HIT A SHALLOW DITCH. THE PLT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ACFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N65748 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275853
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Sunburst Aviation
- Registered owner: Gerald F. Mcserren
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 1, 1985, 25 hours before
- Departed: DVT, PHOENIX, AZ
- Destination: BXK, BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
- Airport: P37, Glendale Municipal, runway 17, 2,400 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 293 total, 38 in this make and model, 225 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PHX, 14 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 19850815041619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850815041619A), Aug 15, 1985: Cessna 172P, Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. Touched down long and bounced 3 times. Applied brakes and steered aircraft off runway into a ditch.

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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