- Date
- September 29, 1988, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4758ECessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880929048979A
- Case key
- 40897
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing roll the aircraft veered to the right and departed the runway where a groundloop occurred. The wind was calm. No explanation for the loss of control was given by the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4758E
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503864
- Airframe hours
- 653
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce L. Carpernter
- Registered owner
- Bruce L Carpenter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1988 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- MFR · Medford, OR
- Airport
- HI0 · Portland-Hillsboro Arpt, runway 30, 6,600 × 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,320 total · 653 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4758E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.