- Date
- June 23, 1985, 17:01 local (Jun 24, 1985, 00:01 UTC)
- Place
- Murrieta, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2451FCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850623027369A
- Case key
- 24753
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Remedial action - inadequateFactor
Analysis
At the conclusion of a personal cross country flight, the pilot stated he made a hard landing after which, the aircraft got away from him and ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2451F
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051652
- Airframe hours
- 1,540
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gordon L. Mountjoy
- Registered owner
- Phillip I. Paul
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 1985 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- APV · Apple Valley, CA
- Destination
- Murrieta, CA
- Airport
- L86 · Thompson, runway 18, 2,682 × 40 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 300 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIV, 19 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.