# NTSB LAX87LA229: Cessna 180, N2477C, Kernville, CA, June 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1987, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Kernville, CA
- Coordinates: 35.73072, -118.39048 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7307&lon=-118.3905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25606
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25606/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA229

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT HE MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A REMOTE AIRSTRIP AFTER DETECTING SMOKE & AN ODOR OF BURNT OIL COMING FROM THE ENG COMPARTMENT. AFTER LANDING, HE DETERMINED THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR WAS SPILLED OIL ON THE EXHAUST & HE ELECTED TO TAKEOFF AGAIN. AFTER HE RAISED THE TAIL DRG THE TAKEOFF GROUND RUN, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WENT THRU BRUSH, ENCTRD UNEVEN TERRAIN & NOSED OVER. NO PRE-ACDNT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS RPRTD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2477C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2477C-1990-08-31), registration cancelled 1990-08-31, S/N 30777 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30777
- Airframe hours: 3240
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Osborne Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 14, 1988, 48 hours before
- Departed: L19, KERNVILLE, CA
- Destination: L19, BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Airport: Kennedy Meadows, runway 30, 2,400 ×  ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 371 total, 46 in this make and model, 371 as pilot in command, 46 in the last 90 days, 46 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19870616081949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870616081949A), Jun 16, 1987: Cessna 180, Kernville, CA, Destroyed. Allowed aircraft to swerve to edge of runway lifted off to avoid a berm but struck the berm and nosed over.

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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