- Date
- January 6, 1990, 13:04 local (21:04 UTC)
- Place
- Camarillo, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66MYDavidson Throp T-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900106000159A
- Case key
- 26553
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Probable cause
Pilots failure to maintain directional control while landing in a crosswind.
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 homebuilt attempted to land into a crosswind from 70 degrees at 12 knots. Witnesses said the aircraft landed and skidded about 200 feet before it collided with a vas light and flipped over. Examination of the aircraft revealed no mechanical; malfunctions with the aircraft flight controls, brakes, or engine. The pilot reported no mechanical difficulties.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66MY
- Reported as
- Davidson Throp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 588D
- Airframe hours
- 325
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 130 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony J. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 20, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- OCN · Oceano, CA
- Destination
- CMA · Camarillo, CA
- Airport
- CMA · Camarillo, runway 26, 6,010 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 200 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- CMA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N66MY · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.