- Date
- August 2, 1985, 11:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Island Mountain, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64033Cessna 172 M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850802070989A
- Case key
- 24788
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Upon arriving over the uncharted, 2000-foot-long dirt airstrip, the plt placed the acft into landing configuration & attempted to land. The acft touched down hard, bounced 3 times, 'floated,' overran the runway's end, went into a ditch & nosed over. The plt stated that the previous year he had landed at the airstrip & had not experienced difficulty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64033
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264978
- Airframe hours
- 5,647
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- West Valley Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Bruce Swartz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 29, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
- Destination
- CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Miller Ranch, runway 24, 2,000 × 70 ft, gravel
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 30 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.