- Date
- July 16, 1988, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23FBCessna 185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880716026729A
- Case key
- 26060
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rpted that the engine cylinder temperature was very high as he crossed mountainous terrain. He elected to make a downwind precautionary landing to a short airstrip with a high density altitude. The acft touched down beyond the normal touchdown zone, overran the runway, and nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23FB
- Reported as
- Cessna 185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1851186
- Airframe hours
- 7,300
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scott, Mark J
- Registered owner
- Scott, Mark J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 7, 1988 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- Corona, CA
- Destination
- Lone Pine, CA
- Airport
- Monache Meadows, runway 35, 1,600 × ft, dirt
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 90 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 108 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NID, 27 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.