- Date
- July 7, 1987, 19:00 local (Jul 8, 1987, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hawthorne, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1466UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25630
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg an apch to rwy 25, the acft collided with the omni directional apch lighting system (odals). The plt indcd that she enctrd a downdraft on short final & applied full power; however, the acft contd to dscnd & struck one of the odals light cover lenses with a wing strut. After hitting the odals, the acft contd to fly & was landed on rwy 25. No preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions were rprtd. Tower personnel rprtd the wind was from 280 at 9 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1466U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267133
- Airframe hours
- 35,349
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Karl V. Weichinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1987 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- HRR
- Airport
- HHR · Hawthorne, runway 25, 4,956 × 100 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 87 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HRR
Other investigations on N1466U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.