# NTSB LAX87LA244: Nord 3202, N32RM, Bishop, CA, June 22, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 22, 1987, 13:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Coordinates: 37.500827, -118.310951 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5008&lon=-118.3110&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25618
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA244
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25618/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA244

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING A RELOCATION FLIGHT OF A NEWLY PURCHASED ACFT, THE PLT WAS MAKING A CROSS WIND LANDING WHEN ON TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT WING RAISED. THE PLT CORRECTED BY APPLYING LEFT AILERON, HOWEVER, HE ALSO RELAXED THE BACK PRESSURE ON THE CONTROL STICK ALLOWING THE TAIL TO RISE. THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE PLT APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING TO CORRECT BACK TO THE RIGHT. THE ACFT RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY, COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N32RM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32RM-2010-06-08), registration cancelled 2010-06-08, S/N 73, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Nord (SNCAN) 3202
- Registry model: [Nord 3202](https://openairdocs.org/model/nord-3202) (registry code 6383202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 73
- Airframe hours: 509
- Engines: POTEZ 4D34D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Clyde R. Kizer
- Registered owner: Ronald J. Maggard
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 20, 1987, 16 hours before
- Departed: BLD, BOULDER CITY, NV
- Destination: BIH, BISHOP, CA
- Airport: BIH, Bishop, runway 34, 5,601 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; flight instructor, airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 8,050 total, 17 in this make and model, 4,760 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 24 in the last 30 days, 17 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BIH

## 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 19870622021729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870622021729A), Jun 22, 1987: Nord 3202, Bishop, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the side of the runway during a crosswind landing. The pilot was inexperienced in type.

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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