# NTSB LAX86LA256: Cessna 140, N89403, Pacoima, CA, June 17, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 17, 1986, 13:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Coordinates: 34.250083, -118.410293 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2501&lon=-118.4103&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): 25185
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA256
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25185/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA256

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PLT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT DURING LANDING. A WITNESS STATED THAT WHEN THE ACFT WAS ABOUT ONE-FOURTH OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY, IT BEGAN PORPOISING AND THEN FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89403](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89403-1991-03-26), registration cancelled 1991-03-26, S/N 8435 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8435
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL E-85 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph E.Bolyard
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 13, 1986
- Departed: SZP, SANTA PAULA, CA
- Airport: WHP, Whiteman, runway 12, 3,725 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 207 total, 21 in this make and model, 122 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °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 19860617025489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860617025489A), Jun 17, 1986: Cessna 140, Pacoima, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft porpoised and flipped over on landing.

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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