# NTSB LAX87LA154: Cessna 190, N4498C, Chino, CA, February 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 28, 1987, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Chino, CA
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25545
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA154
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25545/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA154

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal brake system - failure,partial (cause)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - maintenance - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll

## Analysis

PRIOR TO TAKEOFF THE PILOT OBSERVED AN ASYMMETRICAL DEFLECTION OF THE RUDDER/BRAKE PEDALS. UPON LANDING HE EXECUTED A RIGHT TURN TO DEPART THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE RIGHT TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED DAMAGING THE LEFT WING AND LANDING GEAR. THE PLT STATED AFTER THE ACC THAT THE LEFT BRAKE, PART #0341005-65, WAS WORN BEYOND ALLOWABLE TOLERANCES AS DETERMINED BY A RECENT MAINTENANCE OVERHAUL. THE PLT HAD NOTICED, PRIOR TO THE LAST TAKEOFF, THAT THE LEFT BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEFLECTED INWARD 1 1/2 INCHES FARTHER THAN THE RT BRAKE PEDAL. THE PLT HAD TRIED TO STOP THE GROUNDLOOP WITH THE LEFT BRAKE BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4498C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4498C), registered now, S/N 16082, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 190
- Registry model: [Cessna 190](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-190) (registry code 2072902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 16082
- Airframe hours: 2900
- Engines: JACOBS R-755-A2 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Albert M. Clearman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 16, 1986, 100 hours before
- Departed: POC, LA VERNE, CA
- Destination: CNO
- Airport: CNO, Chino, runway 26, 3,858 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,791 total, 875 in this make and model, 1,686 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CNO

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870228008759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870228008759A), Feb 28, 1987: Cessna 190, Chino, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot unable to maintain directional control on rollout. Ground looped. Found left brake was worn beyond tolerance.

## Other investigations on N4498C (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA290), May 4, 2017: Cessna 190 (N4498C), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s use of excessive speed during a right turn from the runway to the taxiway, which resulted in a loss of directional control.
- [NTSB LAX98LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA074), Jan 16, 1998: Cessna 195 (N4498C), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing, which led to a ground loop and a resultant overload failure of the right main landing gear attach points.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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