- Date
- June 9, 2012, 12:22 local (19:22 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5211YCessna 162
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20120609012779A
- Case key
- 83906
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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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to compensate for the gusting wind and failure to maintain airplane control during the approach to land.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that just prior to touchdown the airplane encountered a gust of wind, which forced the airplane off of the runway heading. The pilot applied power to go around; however, during the transition to climb, the airplane collided with a taxiway sign, sustaining substantial damage to the side of the fuselage. The pilot continued the climb and returned to land without further incident. No preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures were reported with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that just prior to touchdown the airplane encountered a gust of wind, which forced the airplane off the runway heading. The pilot applied power to go around; however, during the transition to climb, the airplane collided with a taxiway sign, and sustained substantial damage to the side of the fuselage. The pilot continued the climb and returned to land without further incident. No preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures were reported with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5211Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 162
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16200033
- Engine
- Continental Motors O-200D, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Orange County Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Gaftw LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 2011
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Destination
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne Orange Country, runway 19L, 2,887 × 75 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
- 82
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 18, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 20 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Observed at
- KSNA
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 25, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 881 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.