- Date
- December 10, 1983, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cantua Creek, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5636JCessna A 188 A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831210060449A
- Case key
- 24117
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a pick-up truck during a landing on a private airstrip. The truck driver became distracted while driving alongside the dirt rwy and reported that he did not see the arriving acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5636J
- Reported as
- Cessna A 188 A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800586
- Airframe hours
- 3,224
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Edwardo V. Canchola
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1983 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- CA
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,739 total · 652 in this make and model · 1,619 as pilot in command · 71 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N5636J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.