# Accident 20160513008829A: Cessna 180, California City, CA, May 13, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2016, 13:15 local time
- Place: California City, CA
- Airport: California City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1511° N, 118.0167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1511&lon=-118.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9370C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9370C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,432 total, 105 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160513008829A

## Narrative

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

AS ACCIDENT PILOT APPROACHED RUNWAY 24 AT CALIFORNIA CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, L71, CALIFORNIA CITY, CA, AT ABOUT 60 MPH FOR LANDING, ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED GROUND EFFECT, FLOATED SOME DISTANCE DOWN THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED UPON MAKING A THREE-POINT LANDING, AND CONTINUED ON TO FLOAT TO ANOTHER THREE-POINT LANDING. ON ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT THEN ADDED RIGHT RUDDER AND APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE; HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER OF TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, WITH THE RIGHT TIRE SKIDDING. PILOT RELEASED RIGHT BRAKE PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT ENTERING DIRT AREA. AIRCRAFT THEN ENTERED DIRT AREA AND FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 WPR16LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA108), May 13, 2016: Cessna 180 (N9370C), California City, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A directional upset on landing due to a thermally induced atmospheric disturbance, which the pilot was unable to successfully counter due to improperly set rudder travel limits.

## Other reports on N9370C (1)

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

- [Accident 19741028036129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741028036129A), Oct 28, 1974: Cessna 180 (N9370C), Whitman, NE, Substantial damage. Struck horse drg go-around. Wheel separated. Further dmg drg ldg.

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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