- Date
- March 17, 1983, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dos Palos, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8822QAero Commander S-2R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830317008379A
- Case key
- 23647
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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.
Analysis
According to the operator, the plt landed with a quartering tailwind & directional control was lost. The acft veered offthe rwy into soft mud & flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8822Q
- Reported as
- Aero Commander S-2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1522R
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Milt'S Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAT, 44 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.
Other investigations on N8822Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.