- Date
- February 15, 1990, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Red Bluff, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9164TCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900215002169A
- Case key
- 26735
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during an attempted go-around after he swerved off the runway after landing with a crosswind component.
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 landed in a six knot crosswind and began to swerve off the runway. The pilot attempted to go-around, lost directional control, and collided with a dirt bank located off the side of the runway. There were no mechanical difficulties.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9164T
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Klawitter, Ralph A.
- Departed
- RDM · Redmond, OR
- Airport
- RBL · Red Bluff, runway 33, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 85 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.