- Date
- May 24, 1986, 10:29 local (17:29 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Bch, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N172HWCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860524022319A
- Case key
- 25169
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft contacted a parked car and a hangar following a loss of control during an attempted go-around. The plt reported the acft was high and fast on final apch. He selected full flaps and a nose up attitude to lose airspeed and alt. He flared the acft at 20 ft AGL at which time, he claimed, his passenger took over the controls to help land the acft. The acft then settled to the rwy and bounced 20 ft in the air. The plt applied full power and lowered the nose to gain airspeed in an attempt to clear a building 600 ft ahead. The acft then contacted a parked car next to the building. The rt front seat passenger, who is a CFI, denies touching the controls. The operators manual states to reduce flaps to 20 degs immediately after applying full power for a balked landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N172HW
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17255787
- Airframe hours
- 2,896
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Orlando G Gregorio
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1986 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- RAL · Riverside, CA
- Destination
- L16 · Huntington Bch, CA
- Airport
- L-16 · Meadow Lark, runway 19, 2,680 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,293 total · 33 in this make and model · 3,293 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.