ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 377365
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Date: | Saturday 20 April 1985 |
Time: | 19:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172P |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N55448 |
MSN: | 17275182 |
Total airframe hrs: | 798 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-D2J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Boron, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Hemet, CA (KHMT) |
Destination airport: | Bakersfield, CA (KBFL) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WHILE ON A CROSS COUNTRY BUSINESS FLT, THE PLT SAID HE BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT AN INDICATED LOW FUEL STATE AND DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. TWO APPROACHES HAD TO BE ABANDONED DUE TO WHAT THE PLT DESCRIBED AS 'THE MOST DIFFICULT X-WIND CONDITIONS AND GUSTS' THAT HE HAD EVER EXPERIENCED. AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT, PLT SAID THE ACFT 'LURCHED LEFT, THEN FORWARD AND UP OVER ONTO ITS BACK.' A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WHO ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE LOCAL SURFACE WINDS 'WERE 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR.'
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX85LA212 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX85LA212
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Mar-2024 11:00 |
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