Cessna 172P N54978
23 April 1987 · Huntingtonbeach, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 April 1987 at about 03:30 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N54978 was involved in an accident near Huntingtonbeach, 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 03:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Huntingtonbeach, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Meadowlark (L16)
- Coordinates
- 33.7106, -118.0396
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P
- Registration
- N54978
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fullerton → Huntingtonbeach
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- LAX87LA197
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
ON TOUCHDOWN THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT BOUNCED TWICE. THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND BY RETRACTING THE FLAPS AND ADDING FULL POWER. THE ACFT DID NOT GAIN ENOUGH ALTITUDE BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A QUONSET HUT LOCATED 210 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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