- Date
- May 28, 1989, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1042FCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890528013019A
- Case key
- 26419
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Probable cause
The pilot did not establish a climb rate sufficient enough to clear trees before turning towards them during a go-around. Contributing to the accident were gusty crosswinds which changed to a tailwind when the aircraft turned to the right and the pilots failure to compensate for them before colliding with a tree.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a landing in gusty crosswind conditions, the airplane ballooned. The pilot added full power and opted to go-around. The airplane was turned right (downwind) and collided with a tree when the airplane did not climb to a sufficient altitude to clear obtacles. The pilot stated that the winds were out of the west at 10 KTS gusting to 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1042F
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502699
- Airframe hours
- 2,208
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kessler, Lloyd H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1988 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- HTH · Hawthorne, NV
- Airport
- 070 · Westover Fld, runway 1, 3,400 × 60 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 755 total · 411 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.