- Date
- December 22, 1983, 08:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Rosa Island, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2697KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831222063469A
- Case key
- 24124
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Analysis
According to the plt, the nose of the acft felt heavy just before lift-off & when he became airborne. He felt something was wrong with the tail of the acft & that he was unable to obtain full elevator response, so he aborted the takeoff. The acft rolled 300 to 400 ft after landing nose low. The plt reported that he attempted to maintain full up elevator & used moderate braking. During the last 30 to 50 ft, the prop made numerous ground strikes before the wheels struck a depression & the acft nosed over. An exam of the acft revealed no discrepancies. The plt stated that the elevator trim was in the center (takeoff) position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2697K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 180053038
- Airframe hours
- 783
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aerowings, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1983
- Destination
- OXR · Oxnard, CA
- Airport
- Private, runway 34, 1,800 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,929 total · 697 in this make and model · 2,879 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N2697K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.