- Date
- September 18, 1989, 11:21 local (18:21 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N92651Cessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890918035339A
- Case key
- 17610
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to an unknown reason, and failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Shortly after takeoff, the acft crashed in a parking lot. According to witnesses, it used most of the rwy on the takeoff roll, then entered a shallow climb angle at a slow airspeed. After passing the arpt boundry, the acft's left wing dropped & the plane descended until ground impact. After impact, a fire erupted & destroyed the acft. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found that would have resulted in the acdnt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92651
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260296
- Airframe hours
- 2,763
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoagland, Jack C.
- Registered owner
- Hoagland, Jack C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1989 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- CCR · Concord, CA
- Destination
- CIC · Chico, CA
- Airport
- CCR · Buchanan Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 70
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 470 total · 432 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUU, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.