- Date
- December 29, 1983, 13:01 local (21:01 UTC)
- Place
- Melville Lake, CA
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2991KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831229064379A
- Case key
- 24132
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed hard during an aborted takeoff from a dry lake bed after the landing gear had snagged a tent. In preparing to leave the plt noticed a small tent on the lake bed. He believed he could overfly it on takeoff but the landing gear did not clear the tent. Part of the nylon canopy from the unoccupied tent remained on the gear so the plt decided to land. While turning at low altitude to align the acft for landing the acft stalled and landed hard on the left gear and wing tip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2991K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053154
- Airframe hours
- 520
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard D. Kelty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1983 · 65 hours before
- Destination
- SBA · Santa Barbara, 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 178 in this make and model · 370 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.