# NTSB LAX88LA234: Cessna 172N, N4833E, La Grange, CA, June 26, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 26, 1988, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: La Grange, CA
- Location: 37.6635° N, 120.4631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Grange, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6635&lon=-120.4631&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA234
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26044/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA234

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - mixture control,linkage - disconnected (cause)
  - maintenance,compliance with ad - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4833E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4833E-1995-03-17), registration cancelled 1995-03-17, S/N 17271669 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271669
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Sundance Flying Club
- Registered owner: Swenson, Lloyd E.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, May 26, 1988, 50 hours before
- Departed: Q68, GROVELAND, CA
- Destination: PAO, PALO ALTO, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 151 total, 37 in this make and model, 103 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 40 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 19880626057019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880626057019A), Jun 26, 1988: Cessna 172N, Lagrange, CA, Substantial damage. Engine lost power when pilot moved mixture control. Nosed over when gear hit stump on landing. Linkage disconnected

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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