20240517006999A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 190 · San Luis Obispo, CA · May 17, 2024

Date
May 17, 2024 · 15:16 local
Place
San Luis Obispo, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1500D
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC24LA036
Reported as
Cessna 190
Reported engine
Continental W670 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
32,500 total

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.

On landing at the San Luis Obispo county airport, after touching down approximately 1000 feet down the runway, the aircraft tracked straight for approximately 500 feet as aircraft slowed the right main landing gear tracked under the fuselage as the rudder became less effective the aircraft ground loop to the left as the axle broke from the right main landing gear. The aircraft came to a stop in the upright position with minor damage the right wing tip about 1500 feet down the runway on the left side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

ON LANDING AT THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AIRPORT, AFTER TOUCHING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT TRACKED STRAIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AS AIRCRAFT SLOWED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRACKED UNDER THE FUSELAGE AS THE RUDDER BECAME LESS EFFECTIVE THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT AS THE AXLE BROKE FROM THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION WITH MINOR DAMAGE THE RIGHT WING TIP ABOUT 1500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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