# Accident 20120812020579A: Cessna 180K, Upland, CA, August 12, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2012, 12:00 local time
- Place: Upland, CA
- Airport: Cable
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1117° N, 117.6872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1117&lon=-117.6872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2927K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2927K-2012-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 871 total, 318 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA352) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120812020579A

## Narrative

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

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. "

## 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 WPR12CA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA352), Aug 12, 2012: Cessna 180 (N2927K), Upland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions.

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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