Cessna 172N N738JV

Summary

On 18 June 1987 at about 23:05 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N738JV, operated by American Flyers, was involved in an accident near Malibu, 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.

Date

18 June 1987 at 23:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Malibu, California, United States

Coordinates

34.0601, -118.8090

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N738JV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

American Flyers

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Monica → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA238

Nobody was 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

DURING A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE FLYING ALONG THE COAST APRX 1 MILE OFFSHORE AND 500 FT AGL. THE STUDENT STARTED A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN TOWARDS LAND. THE STUDENT CONTINUED TO APPLY BACK PRESSURE TO THE POINT THAT THE ACFT STALLED. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER AND RECOVERED FROM THE STALL WITH RISING TERRAIN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE ACFT. THE PLT FELT THAT THE ACFT WAS CAUGHT IN A DOWNDRAFT THAT THE WERE UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF BEFORE COLLIDING WITH THE TERRAIN. WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY HAD OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING ERRATICALLY ALONG AND OVER THE POPULATED BEACH AREA AT ALTITUDES VARYING FROM 10 TO 50 FT AGL. WHEN THE ACFT TURNED RIGHT TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS THE ACFT CLEARED AN APARTMENT COMPLEX BY 10 FT AND EVENTUALLY COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS REPORTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.