NTSB LAX85LA026 — 1984-10-20 · APPLE VALLEY, California, United States

Current FAA registration · N44110

Make / Model: CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY HARVARD MK IV
Year of manufacture: 1952 · 32 years old at event
Engine: P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19800321
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A550E8

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N44110 Harvard MK IV/AT-6 None

Factual narrative

PLT HAD EXECUTED SUCCESSFUL CROSSWIND LANDING AND WAS DECELERATING ON ROLL-OUT WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE ACFT TO SWERVE INTO THE WIND. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL COULD NOT BE REGAINED WITH RUDDER SO PLT ELECTED TO ATTEMPT GO-AROUND. ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE IN GROUND EFFECT, STALLED, AND THE LEFT WING DROPPED, STRIKING AN AIRPORT FENCE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_LAX85LA026.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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