# NTSB LAX86LA276: Cessna 320D, N4153T, Compton, CA, July 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 1, 1986, 22:00 local (Jul 2, 1986, 05:00 UTC)
- Place: Compton, CA
- Coordinates: 34.069889, -118.309646 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0699&lon=-118.3096&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25202
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA276
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25202/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA276

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, go-around (vfr)
  - landing light(s) - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - pull-up - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PLT ATTEMPTED A NIGHT LANDING AFTER HE WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE ACFT'S LANDING LIGHTS. HE STATED THAT, OVER THE END OF THE RWY AT ABOUT 25 FT AGL, EVERYTHING BLENDED INTO A LARGE BLACK SPOT. AS THE PLT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND, THE ACFT CONTACTED THE RWY, CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE ACFT THEN SLID DOWN THE RWY AND OFF TO THE LEFT BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4153T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4153T-1989-07-28), registration cancelled 1989-07-28, S/N 320D0053 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Registry model: [Cessna 320D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (registry code 2074512) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 320D0053
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-B 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: William G. Burnett
- Registered owner: James B. Shafer III
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 17, 1985
- Departed: SDM, SAN DIEGO, CA
- Airport: CPM, Compton, runway 25L, 3,670 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,105 total, 33 in this make and model, 1,105 as pilot in command, 139 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Visibility: 20 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860701029799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860701029799A), Jul 1, 1986: Cessna 320D, Compton, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed hard and collapsed the gear. The landing light would not extend.

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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