- Date
- July 20, 1990, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Red Bluff, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20KBCessna 180B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900720030759A
- Case key
- 26871
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Probable cause
An improper landing flare and improper recovery from the bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Cessna 180B collided with rough terrain on the right shoulder of a private airstrip. The aircraft bounced on landing. Then touched down straight in a three point attitude. The aircraft then travelled straight for several feet and veered to the right and struck boulders that bordered the runway shoulder. The right main landing gear separated at the fuselage. The aircraft then collided with a fence that paralleled the runway. The winds were calm. The pilot indicated there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20KB
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50425
- Airframe hours
- 3,663
- Engine
- Continental O-470K, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aalgaard, Ray F.
- Registered owner
- Ray Aalgard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 1989 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- 3O7 · Hollister, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Dye Creek Ranch, runway 15, 3,800 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- Left
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 87 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RBL, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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