# Accident 20070930021249A: Cessna 182F, Bakersfield, CA, September 30, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2007, 18:25 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4336° N, 119.0567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4336&lon=-119.0567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3580Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3580Y-2008-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070930021249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE TAKING A LOCAL FLIGHT UNDER VFR CONDITIONS. THE PILOT WASHED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AND PLACED A MACHINE SCREW IN THE LEFT HAND CONTROL LOCK HOLE (ON THE YOKE) TO SECURE THE AILERONS. WHEN PREFLIGHTING THE AIRCRAFT HE NEGLECTED TO REMOVE THE SCREW. DURING THE RUN UP, HE DID NOT FOLLOW A CHECKLIST AND FAILED TO CHECK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. HE INITIATED TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 30L AND STATED THAT HIS LEFT HAND WAS IN HIS LAP UNTIL HE REACHED APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH. HE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE BECOME AIRBORNE AND THEN REALIZED THE CONTROLS WERE LOCKED. HE ATTEMPTED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO REMOVE THE SCREW AND ALSO BROUGHT THE THROTTLE TO IDLE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. IT BOUNCED AGAIN AND EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT COMING TO A REST ON A RAMP IN FRONT OF THE FIRE HOUSE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX07CA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA286), Oct 1, 2007: Cessna 182F (N3580Y), Bakersfield, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and pretakeoff checks during which he failed to remove the gust lock.

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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