- Date
- August 16, 1991, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5825BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910816034689A
- Case key
- 27329
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to perform a proper preflight inspection of the aircraft.
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 aircraft collided with an airport fence while attempting a return to airport maneuver. The pilot had departed runway 25R, observed oil splattering on the windshield, and was attempting a 180 degree turn back to the runway when the aircraft collided with the fence. The aircraft was examined on the site by FAA airworthiness inspectors. The inspectors opened the engine cowling and observed that the oil filler cap was off the filler tube.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5825B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 338265
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Crossroads Revival Church
- Registered owner
- Crossroads Revival Church
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach, runway 25, 6,192 × 200 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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,965 total · 850 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.