- Date
- May 26, 1986, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeport, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4146Mooney M-18C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860526019869A
- Case key
- 25170
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt indicated that there was a gusty left crosswind present during landing. The acft drifted right off the 40 ft wide asphalt rwy and collided with a small ditch and dirt bank. The acft then nosed over into the arpt drainage ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4146
- Reported as
- Mooney M-18C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 312
- Airframe hours
- 1,511
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Foline
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- AUN · Auburn, CA
- Destination
- 102 · Lakeport, CA
- Airport
- 102 · Lampson, runway 28, 3,450 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 159 total · 4 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4146 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.