# NTSB LAX90LA232: Cessna 172N, N6308D, Van Nuys, CA, June 28, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1990, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Coordinates: 34.190731, -118.490318 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1907&lon=-118.4903&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26850
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX90LA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26850/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA232

## 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

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - flare - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command
  - raising of flaps - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - building(nonresidential)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6308D-1993-04-30), registration cancelled 1993-04-30, S/N 17272709 (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: 17272709
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900628022839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900628022839A), Jun 28, 1990: Cessna 172N, Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced into air on landing. Began go around and drifted left striking a hangar.

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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