# NTSB MIA71DLA28: Cessna 172, N8442L, Lake Como, FL, December 20, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 20, 1970
- Place: Lake Como, FL · LAKE COMO, FL
- Location: 29.4839° N, 81.5729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Como, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4839&lon=-81.5729&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159691
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71DLA28
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71DLA28

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4435  70/12/20   LAKE COMO,FLA       CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 43, 96 TOTAL
        TIME - 1235                    N8442L              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - THUNDERBIRD AIRPK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          POMPANO BEACH,FLA           LAKE COMO,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- L HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HIT GATEPOST.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8442L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Thunderbird Airpk

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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