- Date
- May 16, 1983, 19:45 local (May 17, 1983, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Klamath Falls, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4870CCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830516023579A
- Case key
- 39708
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The acft groundlooped off the runway during landing in a gusty crosswind. The pilot and passnger were not injured. The winds were reported as 300 degrees 18 knots gusting to 22 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4870C
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502638
- Airframe hours
- 1,950
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eric Olson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PRB · Paso Robles, CA
- Destination
- LMT · Klamath Falls, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LMT · Kingsley, runway 32, 10,301 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 30 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 260 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 18 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 89 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.