- Date
- May 21, 1983, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Klamath Falls, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4728BCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830521020459A
- Case key
- 39695
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, he encountered a gust while landing on rwy 14 with a quartering tail wind, then lost directional control. Subsequently, the acft departed the left side of the rwy & the left gear collapsed. The tower control reported that the wind was from 320 deg at 4 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4728B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31626
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene J. Waibel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1982 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- 4SD · Reno, NE
- Destination
- LMT · Klamath Falls, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LMT · Kingsley, runway 14, 10,301 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 705 total · 585 in this make and model · 701 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM, 130 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4728B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.