- Date
- February 23, 1990, 11:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Banning, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4758Groves Cougar
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900223002619A
- Case key
- 26531
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Probable cause
Pilot's improper wind evaluation and improper aircraft handling after landing. The tailwind and wind gusts were factors relating to the accident.
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
Pilot of an experimental aircraft landed downwind on runway 26 and it nosed over. The winds at the time were from 090 degrees at 14 gusting to 17 knots. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident. The pilot stated he was not able to receive airport advisories nor see the wind direction indicators and elected to land on the uphill runway. The runway was 5,200 feet long.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4758
- Reported as
- Groves Cougar
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 271
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack M. Groves
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1989 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- L67 · Rialto, CA
- Airport
- BNG · Banning Muni, runway 26, 5,200 × 150 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
- 73
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 976 total · 271 in this make and model · 877 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 14 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Observed at
- BNG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.