- Date
- July 18, 1992, 11:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ukiah, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2499FCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920718025859A
- Case key
- 27691
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the aborted landing and initial climb-out. The pilot's improper landing flare, the inadvertent porpoise, and his improper recovery from a bounced landing were factors in the accident.
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
A ground witness observed the aircraft bounce twice on the main landing gear during a 'wheel landing' and then crab into the wind during the landing roll. The pilot applied power and initiated a go-around. He failed to maintain directional control during the climb and the aircraft turned left and collided with the electrical wires that are parallel to and located between 300 to 400 feet east of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2499F
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051701
- Airframe hours
- 2,754
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schiff, David C.
- Registered owner
- Schiff, David C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 9, 1991 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- 048 · Little River, CA
- Destination
- UKI
- Airport
- UKI · Ukiah Muni, runway 15, 4,415 × 150 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,459 total · 1,227 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UKI, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.