Cessna 177 N2952X

Summary

On 20 March 1982 at about 21:10 local time, a Cessna 177 registered N2952X, operated by Jerry Laverne Slater, was involved in an accident near San Fernando, California, United States. 5 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 March 1982 at 21:10

Classification

Accident

Location

San Fernando, California, United States

Coordinates

34.2792, -118.4405

Aircraft

Cessna 177

Registration

N2952X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jerry Laverne Slater

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Los Angeles → Sheridan

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FA113

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED A TWO HOUR CHECK-OUT IN HIS RECENTLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT. HE HAD ABOUT 6 TO 7 HOURS OF FLYING TIME IN THIS AIRCRAFT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT AFTER CHECK-OUT. AFTER ARRIVING AT THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT MADE A GO-AROUND ON HIS FIRST APPROACH FOR LANDING. ON HIS SECOND APPROACH, HE CAME IN HIGH AND LONG. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES, THEN AN AUDIBLE INCREASE IN POWER WAS HEARD. THE AIRCRAFT WALLOWED OFF THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT STRUCK A FLAGPOLE, A FENCE, AND A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED AND A FIRE ERUPTED BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT A STREET INTERSECTION. FOUR CHILDREN WERE SITTING ON A ROCK NEAR THE CRASH SITE. ONE WAS STRUCK BY AN UNDETERMINED OBJECT AND HOSPITALIZED. THE OTHER THREE RECEIVED MINOR SCRATCHES WHILE SCRAMBLING OUT OF THE WAY. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS VERIFIED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.