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LAX83LA152

1983-03-26 · TORRANCE, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport TOA

N2112G has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER PA-28-161, built 1978), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT WHEN HE REACHED APRX 60 FT AGL DURING TAKEOFF, HE NOTICED THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR DROP BELOW 40 MPH. HE SAID THE ENG SOUNDED NORMAL. HE LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE ACFT, BUT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR READING REMAINED BELOW 40 MPH, SO HE ELECTED TO ABORT. DURING THE ABORT, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN 600 FT BEYOND THE END OF THE 5000 FT RWY. AFTER THE 1ST TOUCHDOWN, IT BOUNCED, TRAVEL 170 FT BEFORE THE 2ND TOUCHDOWN, BOUNCED AGAIN & TRAVELED ANOTHER 65 FT BEFORE THE 3RD TOUCHDOWN. IT THEN COLLIDED WITH A BERM & A CHAIN LINK FENCE & TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL 320 FT BEFORE COMING TO REST. ALL 3 GEAR SEPARATED & THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION, BELLY, RIGHT WING & FUSELAGE. BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE CURLED REARWARD & EXHIBITED CONSIDERABLE TWISTING, BENDING. EDGE GOUGING & CHORDWISE SCRATCHING. THE PITOT SYS WAS CHECKED, BUT NO SYS LEAKS WERE FOUND & THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR CHECKED WITHIN 1 MPH OF COMPARATOR INDICATIONS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_LAX83LA152.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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