- Date
- September 6, 1989, 13:48 local (20:48 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1739CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890906033949A
- Case key
- 26496
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper in-flight planning after being advised of possible wake turbulence.
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
About one minute prior to the accident the pilot was cautioned of possible wake turbulence from a departing Boeing 737 on runway 19L. During roll out the right wing rose and the left wing contacted the runway. The aircraft then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1739C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30439
- Airframe hours
- 1,993
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Russell, Scott
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 3, 1989 · 106 hours before
- Departed
- L39 · Ramona, CA
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne, runway 19L, 2,888 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 22 in this make and model · 825 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.