- Date
- July 6, 1988, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Niland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N736UXCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880706027379A
- Case key
- 26051
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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
During the takeoff ground run on a dirt road, witnesses stated that the pilot had lifted the nose of the airplane so high that the tail dragged on the ground. The airplane became entangled in weeds near the road, the pilot lost control and the airplane collided with a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736UX
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200774
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Golden Valley Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Vecchio, Francois
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 1988 · 112 hours before
- Destination
- IPL · Imperial, CA
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,292 total · 136 in this make and model · 1,263 as pilot in command · 73 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 115 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.