- Date
- June 23, 1990, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Big Bear, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8081ENavion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900623022089A
- Case key
- 26848
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to adequately compensate for the cross wind on his approach.
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
According to witnesses, the aircraft was making an approach to runway 25 and appeared to be very low. The witnesses observed the aircraft 'pop up and over some trees at the end of the runway' then begin to settle into the flare over the runway. The witnesses reported that the aircraft suddenly began veering off the right side of the runway. The aircraft collided with the airport wind 't', several other facilities and four parked aircraft before coming to a stop in an aircraft parking area. The witnessess reported that the surface winds close to the runway consisted of a left cross wind of about 13 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8081E
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-1753
- Engine
- Continental E-225-4, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard L. Young
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Destination
- L35
- Airport
- L35 · Big Bear, runway 25, 5,850 × 75 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 354 total · 247 in this make and model · 330 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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.