- Date
- December 6, 1986, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Rafael, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N759DHCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861206067039A
- Case key
- 25487
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an instructional flight, the student pilot was not aligned properly with the runway. The flight instructor (CFI) took control of the aircraft on final, but he stated that it did not respond when he applied rudder control. After touchdown, the aircraft swerved to the right, ran off the runway and collided with a fence. No mechanical problem was found with the rudder control. The Cessna navomatic autopilot was found to be in the 'on' position. It was an electric, single-axis, aileron control unit that did not affect rudder control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759DH
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 82-65907
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carl D. Anger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- APC · Napa, CA
- Destination
- CA35
- Airport
- CA35 · Smith Ranch, runway 22, 2,138 × 30 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
- 73
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 29,475 total · 5,463 in this make and model · 16,551 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OAK, 11 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.