- Date
- March 4, 1989, 15:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42859Cessna 182L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890304003539A
- Case key
- 26349
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to correct the attitude of the aircraft and achieve proper alignment with the runway prior to landing touchdown.
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
The pilot of a Cessna 182, lost directional control after landing and collided with an obstacle at ccb. The pilot stated that he landed the airplane in a crabbed attitude, lost directional control, departed the left side of the runway and collided with a bush. He stated that he was performing a slip on final approach and could not align the airplane logitudinally with the runway centerline before touchdown. During the telephone interview, the pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42859
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259219
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Martin Lollar
- Departed
- MIT · Shafter, CA
- Destination
- CCB
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Cable, runway 24, 3,785 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,360 total · 69 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.