# NTSB LAX82DA263: Cessna A185F, N2744Q, Bakersfield, CA, July 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 13, 1982, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69870
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA263
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69870/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA263

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT. REPORTEDLY, THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WENT INTO SOFT DIRT AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 320 DEG AT 5 GUSTING 10 KTS. SEVEN MILES NORTH AT BAKERSFIELD, CA, THE WIND WAS FROM 300 DEG AT 12 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2744Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3528
- Airframe hours: 828
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Kean Valley Packing Company
- Registered owner: Kean Valley Packing Company
- Departed: ONYX, CA
- Destination: DEN, DENVER, CO
- Airport: Private, runway 27, 1,800 × 0 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 735 total, 425 in this make and model, 629 as pilot in command, 41 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 210 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BFL, 7 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820713030119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820713030119A), Jul 13, 1982: Cessna A185F, Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Lost control during a crosswind landing. Ran off side of runway into a soft shoulder. Airplane nosed up.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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