- Date
- May 26, 1989, 19:10 local (May 27, 1989, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9862ACessna 190
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890527013269A
- Case key
- 26417
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Probable cause
The failure of the flight instructor to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructors lack of experience in this type aircraft.
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 certificated flight instructor was giving the owner of the airplane a biennial flt review. During the course of the review he elected to demonstrate landing techniques. Shortly after touchdown the flt instructor lost directional control, and the airplane ground looped to the right, resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9862A
- Reported as
- Cessna 190
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7564
- Engine
- Continental W670-23, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vincent, Darrel A.
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- LVK · Livermore, runway 25, 2,700 × 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
- Age
- 60
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 9,450 total · 10 in this make and model · 9,000 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- LVR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.