- Date
- July 27, 1982, 18:30 local (Jul 28, 1982, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42916Cessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72339
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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,normal brake system - failure,totalCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not possibleFactor
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledFactor
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overload
Analysis
The plt was practicing landings on a 15 ft wide remote dirt strip. The right brake failed & the acft veered off the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42916
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052384
- Airframe hours
- 2,364
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles E. Weatherstone
- Registered owner
- David O. Underwood
- Departed
- San Diego, CA
- Destination
- San Diego, CA
- Airport
- Remote Strip, runway 21, 1,300 × 15 ft, dirt
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 408 total · 74 in this make and model · 354 as pilot in command · 77 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 245° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F