- Date
- May 5, 1984, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Miguel Is, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N66597Cessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840505024709A
- Case key
- 24251
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was taking off in a 35 kt wind with the flaps extended. The acft became airborne in a 3 point attitude, & when 2 to 3 ft in the air, it began a left turn. Subsequently, the wing dragged the ground & the acft nosed over. The plt said he should have raised the acft's tail earlier & not used flaps. The wind was gusting to 40 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66597
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052949
- Airframe hours
- 802
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Robert R. Bredin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Destination
- OXR · Oxnard, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Lester Ranch House Strip, runway 30, 1,000 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,020 total · 600 in this make and model · 2,420 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 35 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.