- Date
- August 15, 1983, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5478CCessna 17OA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830815040529A
- Case key
- 23824
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was practicing touch-and-go landings in winds that were variable at 5 gusting 10 KTS. On his 4th landing, he touched down using the 'full stall technique.' He reported that after touching down, he turned off the carburetor heat & raised the flaps, then without warning, the acft began yawing to the right. Despite recovery efforts, he lost control, the acft veered off the right side of the rwy & the left main gear collapsed. The plt stated that when he was on final to land on rwy 27, the wind was from the northwest, but after the accident, he noted that it had shifted to the east. About 15 min later, the wind shifted back toward the west again.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5478C
- Reported as
- Cessna 17OA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19512
- Airframe hours
- 2,310
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven A. Macey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- L39 · Ramona, runway 27, 4,000 × 150 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Military, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,271 total · 8 in this make and model · 3,956 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
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 N5478C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.