# NTSB Accident LAX96LA235
> **Cessna 172N** · 1996-06-16 · AVALON, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX96LA235
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06036
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-06-16
- **Location:** AVALON, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.379611, -118.449493
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 4
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172N
- **Registration:** N6261D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to initiate a landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and porpoise, and his loss of directional control during an attempt to initiate a go-around with insufficient airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush and collision with parked aircraft. A visual illusion created by the runway gradient was a factor in this accident.

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