- Date
- April 22, 1987, 20:30 local (Apr 23, 1987, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Huntingtonbeach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54978Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870422010889A
- Case key
- 25583
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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.
Hard landing
Recovery from bounced landing - poorFactor
Lack of total experience in type operationFactor
Go-around - delayedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - building(nonresidential)Factor
Analysis
On touchdown the plt reported that the acft bounced twice. The plt initiated a go-around by retracting the flaps and adding full power. The acft did not gain enough altitude before colliding with a quonset hut located 210 feet from the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54978
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275097
- Airframe hours
- 414
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dondald Testa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1987 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Destination
- L16 · Huntingtonbeach, CA
- Airport
- L16 · Meadowlark, runway 19, 2,330 × 36 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 191 in this make and model · 240 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA, 9 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.