- Date
- October 4, 1986, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lucerne Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1750CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861004047869A
- Case key
- 25447
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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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that the wind had been light and variable with intermittent gusts and on the take-off roll as the nose of the aircraft suddenly swung 30 degrees to the left and he was unable to compensate with right rudder. The right wing tip then dug into the ground and the aircraft nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1750C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30450
- Airframe hours
- 3,359
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard B. Fritz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1985 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- L85
- Destination
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Airport
- L85 · Soggy Dry Lake, runway 14, 10,000 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,965 total · 1,125 in this make and model · 1,839 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N1750C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.