- Date
- June 6, 2002, 17:10 local (Jun 7, 2002, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Angwin, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714WHCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020606028189A
- Case key
- 54862
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions resulted in a loss of directional control and a ground loop/swerve.
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
The airplane ran off the side of the runway after a gust of wind lifted the left wing off the ground and the right wing struck the ground. The pilot couldn't control the airplane and it departed the left side of the runway. The closest weather reporting station at Sonoma Airport, about 18 nm west of Angwin, reported the winds to be from 150 degrees at 8 knots with no gusts.
Factual narrative
On June 6, 2002, about 1710 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna A185F, N714WH, veered off the runway and collided with a berm during landing at Angwin, California. The owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The airline transport pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal cross-country flight departed San Carlos, California, about 1635. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot stated that he was landing on runway 34. After landing, a gust of wind lifted the left wing off the ground, and the right wing contacted the ground. He said he couldn't control the airplane, and it departed the runway to the left. He shut the airplane down before it came to a stop.
The closest weather reporting station at Sonoma Airport, about 18 nm west of Angwin airport, reported the winds to be from 150 degrees at 8 knots with no gusts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714WH
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504426
- Engine
- Continental 10520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack P. Chambers
- Registered owner
- Jack P Chambers and Laurence Turely
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- F2L · San Carlos, CA
- Destination
- 2O3 · Angwin, CA
- Airport
- 2O3 · Angwin, runway 340, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 74
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- August 8, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33,186 total · 97 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.79 inHg
- Observed at
- STS, 18 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 19, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 326 KB 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.