- Date
- June 28, 1990, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6308DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900628022839A
- Case key
- 26850
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the attempted go around. A factor in the accident was the failure of the pilot to follow the go around procedures specified in the aircraft flight manual.
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 said that he landed hard on runway 16L and the aircraft bounced back into the air. The pilot retracted the flaps and initiated a go around. During the go around the pilot said he lost control of the aircraft and it drifted to the left of the runway and collided with a hangar. The winds at the time of the accident were reported as calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6308D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272709
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- King Aviation Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16L, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 48 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Observed at
- VNY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.