- Date
- October 4, 1982, 15:07 local (22:07 UTC)
- Place
- Marysville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28509Fairchild 24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821004051149A
- Case key
- 71604
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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
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The aircraft groundlooped during landing. The pilot said the right brake grabbed and swerved the aircraft. An investigaiton revealed no malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28509
- Reported as
- Fairchild 24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 416
- Airframe hours
- 1,771
- Engine
- Fairchild 410, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William H. Phillips
- Registered owner
- William H. Phillips
- Departed
- Woodland, CA
- Destination
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Airport
- Yuba County, runway 14, asphalt
N28509Registration cancelled Oct 19, 2017 · Fairchild 24R-40Airframe modelFairchild 24R-40Engine modelFairchild 6-410 series
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 566 total · 360 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N28509 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.