Plane Crash List

Cessna 172 N1466U

8 July 1987 · Hawthorne, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 July 1987 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N1466U was involved in an accident near Hawthorne, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 02:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Hawthorne, California, United States
Nearest airport
Hawthorne (HHR)
Coordinates
33.9098, -118.3405
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N1466U
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX87LA258

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

DRG AN APCH TO RWY 25, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE OMNI DIRECTIONAL APCH LIGHTING SYSTEM (ODALS). THE PLT INDCD THAT SHE ENCTRD A DOWNDRAFT ON SHORT FINAL & APPLIED FULL POWER; HOWEVER, THE ACFT CONTD TO DSCND & STRUCK ONE OF THE ODALS LIGHT COVER LENSES WITH A WING STRUT. AFTER HITTING THE ODALS, THE ACFT CONTD TO FLY & WAS LANDED ON RWY 25. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS WERE RPRTD. TOWER PERSONNEL RPRTD THE WIND WAS FROM 280 AT 9 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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