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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180K · Upland, CA · August 12, 2012

Date
August 12, 2012 · 12:00 local
Place
Upland, CA
Airport
Cable
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2927K
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12CA352
Reported as
Cessna 180K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
871 total318 in this make and model45 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.

Pilot lost conrol of the aircraft while landing. Pilot stated the aircraft began to track to the right and then a wind gust lifted the right wing and the aircraft departed the runway to the left. Pilot then initiated a go around and partially retracted flaps. The pilot further stated:"the aircraft now staggered into the air a bit, then dropped, bounced, leaving odd skid-marks on the taxiway and paved ramp area, aircraft still heading toward the south property fence and a rip-rap debris pile of dirt, broken concrete and asphalt stacked to around 18-feet high. The aircraft, now low but airborne, failed to sufficiently out climb the terrain. The main landing-gear and tailwheel contacted the tops of a double-row fence, before airframe impact with the debris pile. The aircraft continued to be flown into the crash and subsequently came to rest at the bottom of the debris pile, just south outside the property fence. "

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST CONROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE LANDING. PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TRACK TO THE RIGHT AND THEN A WIND GUST LIFTED THE RIGHT WING AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. PILOT THEN INITIATED A GO AROUND AND PARTIALLY RETRACTED FLAPS.THE PILOT FURTHER STATED:"THE AIRCRAFT NOW STAGGERED INTO THE AIR A BIT, THEN DROPPED, BOUNCED, LEAVING ODD SKID-MARKS ON THE TAXIWAY AND PAVED RAMP AREA, AIRCRAFT STILL HEADING TOWARD THE SOUTH PROPERTY FENCE AND A RIP-RAP DEBRIS PILE OF DIRT, BROKEN CONCRETE AND ASPHALT STACKED TO AROUND 18-FEET HIGH.THE AIRCRAFT, NOW LOW BUT AIRBORNE, FAILED TO SUFFICIENTLY OUT CLIMB THE TERRAIN. THE MAIN LANDING-GEAR AND TAILWHEEL CONTACTED THE TOPS OF A DOUBLE-ROW FENCE, BEFORE AIRFRAME IMPACT WITH THE DEBRIS PILE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BE FLOWN INTO THE CRASH AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAME TO REST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DEBRIS PILE, JUST SOUTH OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY FENCE. "

NTSB investigation

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