- Date
- May 9, 1991, 19:30 local (May 10, 1991, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Drewsey, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51612Cessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910509015509A
- Case key
- 41425
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Probable cause
The pilot delayed in going-around.
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
At the end of a pleasure flight, the pilot set-up an approach for landing at a private dirt airstrip. The airplane touched-down and was caught in an up-draft. The airplane became airborne and floated down the strip. The pilot opted to go-around and had to maneuver under a power line located at the end of the airstrip. The airplane cleared the power line, however, the right wing collided into the carport, which is attached to a house that is also at the end of the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51612
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31490
- Engine
- Continental O-470J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter L. Sitz
- Registered owner
- Walter L. Sitz
- Departed
- BNO · Burns, OR
- Destination
- NONE · Drewsey, OR
- Airport
- NONE · Unk/Na, runway 9, 1,000 × 30 ft, gravel
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.