- Date
- May 6, 1978
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N735UUCessna 182Q
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780506014489A
- Case key
- 142436
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1135 78/5/6 SANTA CRUZ,CA CESSNA 182Q CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 459 TIME - 0820 N735UU PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 395 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRUCKEE,CA SANTA CRUZ,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND FAVORING RWY 31,BUT VARIABLE 10 GUSTING 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735UU
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Park
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.