- Date
- April 17, 1987, 18:50 local (Apr 18, 1987, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N71736Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870417010339A
- Case key
- 25567
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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
At the end of a pleasure cross country flt, while on long final to the rwy, the plt had to add pwr to compensate for a crosswind. Prior to reaching short final the plt had reduced pwr again. Upon reaching the threshold, the acft was aprx 300 ft AGL. The plt decided to go-around. Pwr was rapidly added and the carburetor heat turned off. The engine at this time only developed partial pwr. The plt then added carburetor heat again. The engine, still not developing sufficient pwr to maintain altitude was descending at 50-100 fpm. The plt then landed the acft beyond midfield and bounced several times before running off the runway and collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71736
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1825936
- Airframe hours
- 3,468
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eight Ball Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Eight Ball Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 17, 1987
- Departed
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Destination
- MMH · Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MMH · Mammoth Lakes, runway 9, 7,000 × 100 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 149 total · 21 in this make and model · 124 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MMH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.