19900415010279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Soledad, CA · April 15, 1990

Date
April 15, 1990 · 16:00 local
Place
Soledad, CA
Airport
Chalone Vineyard Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9394C
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX90LA149
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
284 total180 in this make and model8 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.

Lost control on takeoff roll in gusty crosswind. Veered off runway struck a pothole and nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL IN GUSTY CROSSWIND. VEERED OFF RUNWAY STRUCK A POTHOLE 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.