- Date
- June 30, 2015, 11:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Rio Vista, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N739WWCessna TR182
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20150630010899A
- Case key
- 91469
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Probable cause
The pilot's use of improper procedures during an aborted landing, resulting in a runway excursion and a collision with a canal.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing touch down the airplane porpoised, and he elected to abort the landing. The flight instructor stated that the pilot raised the flaps, retracted the landing gear, and pulled back the power at the same time. The airplane descended and impacted the runway. The airplane then veered off the runway to the left and slid until the airplane impacted a canal, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing touch down the airplane porpoised, and he elected to abort the landing. The flight instructor stated that the pilot raised the flaps, retracted the landing gear, and pulled back the power at the same time. The airplane descended and impacted the runway. The airplane then veered off the runway to the left and slid until the airplane impacted a canal, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739WW
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201013
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 3,154.7
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540L-3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2015
- Departed
- CCR · Concord, CA
- Destination
- O88 · Rio Vista, CA
- Airport
- O88 · Rio Vista Muni, runway 33, 2,199 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 27, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,063.4 total · 0.4 in this make and model · 979.5 as pilot in command · 0.4 in the last 90 days · 0.4 in the last 30 days · 0.4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 88
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 27, 2015
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 5,793 total · 100 in this make and model · 5,452 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.84 inHg
- Observed at
- KSUU, 11 nm away
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 29, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.