- Date
- July 20, 1986, 19:30 local (Jul 21, 1986, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83380Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860720034279A
- Case key
- 24929
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated to fire personnel that as he approached touchdown, the sun got in his eyes and a cross wind pushed him off the right side of his private airstrip. The aircraft landed hard on the right wheel, veered off the right side of the runway, cartwheeled down the side of a hill and caught fire after coming to rest. The airstrip is on top of a ridge with 30 deg slopes at the edges of the rwy. As calculated, the sun was 5 deg above the horizon and about 21 deg right of his center vision reference point. Fire department personnel said the winds were about 45 degrees left of the runway heading at about 17 KTS with peak gusts of 30 KTS. The factory flight tested maximum demonstrated cross wind capability of the aircraft is 13 KTS. The private airstrip has no wind direction or speed indicators on the facility.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83380
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1807609108
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Bradford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1986
- Departed
- L16 · Huntingtonbeach, CA
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,300 total · 600 in this make and model · 4,200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 6 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.