Plane Crash List

Cessna P172D N8530X

21 August 1984 · Livermore, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 August 1984 at about 01:09 local time, a Cessna P172D registered N8530X was involved in an accident near Livermore, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 01:09
Classification
Accident
Location
Livermore, California, United States
Nearest airport
Livermore Municipal (LVK)
Coordinates
37.6795, -121.7493
Aircraft
Cessna P172D
Registration
N8530X
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Livermore → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX84LA458

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE ACFT LANDED HARD AND PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE LANDING WAS ABORTED. THE SECOND LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT BOTH WINGS AND THE FUSELAGE WERE BUCKLED AND THE LOWER ENGINE MOUNTS WERE FRACTURED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
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no coordinates
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All 6 records for this type

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