# Incident 20050516010039I: Cessna 320D, Bakersfield, CA, May 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2005, 11:40 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4106T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4106T-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 330 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050516010039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1840 UTC (1140 PDT), N4106T, A CESSNA CE-320, WAS CLIMBING FROM 11,000 MSL TO 13,000 MSL IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN ATC IFR CLEARANCE, PROCEEDING DIRECT TO LAKE HUGHES (LHS) VORTAC. AT 12,500 MSL CROSSING THE SHAFTER VORTAC (EHF) 160 RADIAL, 30 MILE FIX, N4106T ENROUNTERED SERIOUS TURBULENCE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME INVERTED. THE PILOT REPORTED BECOMING INVERTED AND RECOVERING THREE TIMES WITH AN ACCOMPANYING ALTITUDE LOSS FROM 12,500 MSL TO 3,500 MSL. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO STABILIZE THE AIRCRAFT AT 2,500 MSL AND REQUESTED A COURSE REVERSAL AND A DIVERSION TO LAND. THE PILOT WAS VECTORED TO BAKERSFIELD MEADOWS (BFL) AIRPORT WHERE N4106T LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. HIGH WINDS AND TURBULENCE WERE REPORTED IN THE BFL AREA ALONG N4106T'S ROUTE OF FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N4106T (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951113043089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951113043089I), Nov 13, 1995: Cessna 320D (N4106T), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 11/13/95, Cessna aircraft, model 320, N4106T departed myf on a local pilot proficiency flight. Returning to myf on approach to runway 23, the…
- [Accident 19760415008879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760415008879A), Apr 15, 1976: Cessna 320D (N4106T), Granbury, TX, Substantial damage

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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