- Date
- October 8, 1984, 09:31 local (16:31 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4932ACessna 180
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841008060729A
- Case key
- 24581
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt reproted, descent made to mda of 740 ft MSL and visual contact made with rwy 1/2 mile east of arpt. Slipped acft to within 200 ft of rwy and made a wheel landing midfield. Both wheels locked up and acft nosed over. Plt stated, 'I may have had my feet on the brakes on touchdown.' Reported surface wx 3 minutes after the accident was below apch minimums.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4932A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32329
- Airframe hours
- 2,989
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter H. Weber, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1984 · 235 hours before
- Departed
- L35 · Big Bear City, CA
- Destination
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SMO · Santa Monica, runway 21, 4,987 × 150 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,967 total · 345 in this make and model · 1,863 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.