- Date
- February 14, 1989, 16:00 local (Feb 15, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Adalanto, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8923TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 26343
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Probable cause
The pilot was inattentive, did not maintain proper alignment with the runway and did not maintain an adequate visual lookout during takeoff.
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, the airplane travelled two to three feet off centerline. The pilot did not correct the situation when the airplane suddenly veered sharply to the left. The nose wheel collapsed and the airplane nosed over. After the pilot and passengers evacuated the airplane, the pilot noted that the left wing had contacted a small tree on the side of the road that he did not see during takeoff. The pilot said he was using a road next to the runway and indicated that he had hurried his departure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8923T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52823
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David C. Rigsby
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Airport
- Sun Hill Ranch, runway 27, 5,300 × 90 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,083 total · 269 in this make and model · 1,017 as pilot in command · 71 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F