# Accident 19890224002819A: Cessna 182C, Adelanto, CA, February 24, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1989, 16:00 local time
- Place: Adelanto, CA
- Airport: Sun Hill Ranch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7580° N, 117.4967° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUN HILL RANCH (CA70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7580&lon=-117.4967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8923T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8923T-1991-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,083 total, 269 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890224002819A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

IN A HURRY TRIED TO DEPART A DIRT ROAD ADJACENT TO AIRPORT. WING HIT A TREE ON TAKEOFF ROLL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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