- Date
- July 18, 1987, 14:36 local (21:36 UTC)
- Place
- Upper Lake, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97061Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870718082919A
- Case key
- 25643
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Planning/decision - inadequateCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97061
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266960
- Airframe hours
- 2,282
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 16, 1987 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- 069 · Petaluma, CA
- Destination
- IQ5 · Upper Lake, CA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 1Q5 · Gravelly Valley Airport, runway 1, 4,050 × 200 ft, gravel
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 58 in this make and model · 271 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UKI, 22 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.