# NTSB LAX90LA153: Cessna 180, Stockton, CA, April 23, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1990, 14:59 local (21:59 UTC)
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Coordinates: 37.89928, -121.40065 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8993&lon=-121.4006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26783
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX90LA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26783/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA153

## Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE LANDING WAS MADE WITH A 9 KT LEFT CROSS WIND COMPONENT AND A GUST WAS ENCOUNTERED AT TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT INCURRING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CFUKM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18051616
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Reginald R. Harper
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Departed: O22, COLUMBIA, CA
- Destination: SCK
- Airport: SCK, Stockton, runway 29, 2,996 × 75 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 74; foreign, private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,843 total, 2,243 in this make and model, 2,800 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SCK

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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