- Date
- June 15, 1990, 12:09 local (20:09 UTC)
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9030NVans RV-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900615021269A
- Case key
- 26559
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Probable cause
The pilots loss of directional control after a touch and go landing in a newly acquired homebuilt aircraft. Contributing to the accident was the pilots lack of experience in this 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 pilot lost directional control during touch and go landings in a newly purchased homebuilt aircraft and collided with a dirt bank off the side of the runway 31. The winds were 340 degrees at 5 knots. The runway was 50 feet wide. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or problems prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9030N
- Reported as
- Vans RV-3
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 417
- Airframe hours
- 450
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Lynn Doan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 9, 1990
- Airport
- L45 · Bakersfield Muni, runway 31, 3,150 × 50 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 330 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.