- Date
- August 31, 1990, 08:17 local (15:17 UTC)
- Place
- Petaluma, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5358NBoeing E75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900831037829A
- Case key
- 26912
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control by improperly using the rudder.
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 was practicing touch & go takeoffs and landings. On the last landing approach the pilot executed a go-around. During the go-around the pilot failed to properly use the rudder, lost control of the airplane and collided with the airports wind tetrehedron. Continuity of the flight control system was established.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5358N
- Reported as
- Boeing E75 (E-75)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-5656
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bott, Conrad
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 069 · Petaluma, runway 29, 3,600 × 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.
Other investigations on N5358N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.