19870616081949A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Kernville, CA · June 16, 1987

Date
June 16, 1987 · 10:00 local
Place
Kernville, CA
Airport
Kern Valley
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2477C
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX87LA229
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental IO470D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
371 total46 in this make and model46 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Allowed aircraft to swerve to edge of runway lifted off to avoid a berm but struck the berm and nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE TO EDGE OF RUNWAY LIFTED OFF TO AVOID A BERM BUT STRUCK THE BERM AND NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.