- Date
- April 12, 1982, 18:55 local (Apr 13, 1982, 02:55 UTC)
- Place
- Goleta, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13NPCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820412010519A
- Case key
- 70845
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
This was the second dual instructional flight that the new owner and instructor pilot had flown in this aircraft. The owner, a private pilot needed 10 hrs of flight time to meet insurance requirements. After about 30 minutes of airwork, they returned to the airport to land in light and variable wind conditions. After a normal approach and full stall landing, the aircraft began drifting to the left. Reportedly, the owner first used his ailerons to correct the drift, then at the ip's instruction, he applied right rudder. The ip reported that the plane then turned toward the right side of the runway and went up on its left main gear and tailwheel. The ip stated he tried to take control of the aircraft, but the owner would not release the controls and the left main gear collapsed. The left main landing gear attach bolt was found in the gear attach hole. The bolt was bent and the threads were stripped off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13NP
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31225
- Airframe hours
- 2,438
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- William L. Strmiska
- Registered owner
- William L. Strmiska
- Departed
- SBA · Goleta, CA
- Destination
- SBA · Goleta, CA
- Airport
- SBA · Santa Barbara, runway 15, 4,183 × 0 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,004 total · 4 in this make and model · 1,884 as pilot in command · 232 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
FAA reports on this event · 1
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