- Date
- December 17, 1986, 18:00 local (Dec 18, 1986, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gardena, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor; on the ground: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N112DMRockwell 112TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861217070909A
- Case key
- 25363
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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 pilot elected to return and land at his home airport when the aircraft's landing gear failed to retract after a night takeoff. After reentering the traffic pattern the pilot changed his fuel selector to the left tank for landing. As the aircraft turned onto the final approach the engine failed while the aircraft was over a densely populated area and the pilot executed a forced landing to a street. The aircraft struck a pedestrain and an automobile as it landed on the street.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112DM
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13007
- Airframe hours
- 1,861
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1A6D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hawthorne Aviation Service
- Registered owner
- Adolph Burstein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 1986 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- HHR · Hawthorne, CA
- Airport
- HHR · Hawthorne Muni, runway 25, 4,956 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 318 total · 15 in this make and model · 212 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAX, 5 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.