- Date
- May 14, 1982, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Willits, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5265XCitabria 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 73061
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The student pilot stated that on approach the winds were from the west. After touchdown and on the rollout the wind caught the right wing and turned the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5265X
- Reported as
- Citabria 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 124
- Airframe hours
- 444
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Clarence Comer
- Registered owner
- Clarence Comer
- Departed
- UKI · Ukiah, CA
- Destination
- 028 · Laytonville, CA
- Airport
- 028 · Willits, runway 34, 3,000 × 75 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 36 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles