# NTSB LAX84LA238: Cessna A185E, N70060, Tulelake, CA, March 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 30, 1984, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Tulelake, CA
- Coordinates: 41.799884, -121.460968 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7999&lon=-121.4610&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA238
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24219/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA238

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT A GUSTY LEFT X-WIND EXISTED. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED, WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY & NOSED OVER. HE ESTIMATED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 200 DEG AT 15 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N70060](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70060-1985-07-31), registration cancelled 1985-07-31, S/N 18501933 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Registry model: [Cessna A185E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (registry code 2072818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18501933
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Michael A. Todd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 089, FALL RIVER MILL, CA
- Airport: 081, Tulelake, runway 29, 3,577 × 44 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840330007899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840330007899A), Mar 30, 1984: Cessna A185E, Tulelake, CA, Destroyed. Pilot lost directional control during landing roll and aircraft ground looped and flipped inverted.

## Other investigations on N70060 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA75DYG24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYG24), Mar 15, 1975: Cessna 185 (N70060), Kamiah, ID, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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