- Date
- July 12, 1984, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Randsburg, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4697BCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840712031809A
- Case key
- 23975
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt attempted to land on a 1200 ft long airstrip. He landed the acft with a tailwind and touched down aprx 600 ft from the apch end of the rwy. The acft skidded off the right side of the rwy and collided with a caterpillar tractor. The four occupants were estimated to have weighed 1000 lbs collectively. The density alt was calculated to be 7500 ft. examination of the prop at the accident site revealed evidence that was indicative of a high pwr setting at the time of impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4697B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31595
- Airframe hours
- 3,062
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Melvin Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Destination
- Randsburg, CA
- Airport
- runway 31, 1,200 × 36 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 700 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 108 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NID, 13 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.