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LAX83LA119

1983-02-24 · CHANDLER, Arizona, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport P19

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT LEFT THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING AND ENTERED A PLOWED FIELD WHERE A WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE FURROWS. THE PILOT STATED THAT BECAUSE OF THE CROSSWIND HE USED ONLY 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS. A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE ACFT AS HE FLAREDFOR LANDING AND PUSHED THE ACFT SIDEWAYS SO IT LANDED IN A CRAB. THE ACFT THEN SWERVED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE PLOWED AREA AND WAS DAMAGED BEFORE STOPPING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_LAX83LA119.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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