- Date
- August 12, 2012, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2927KCessna 180
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20120812020579A
- Case key
- 84630
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions.
Findings · 4
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 after touching down the airplane tracked the centerline of the runway but eventually began to veer to the right. After correcting back to the centerline, a wind gust from the right caused the right wing to lift, which resulted in the airplane tracking to the left and eventually exiting the left side of the runway. With a fence now directly in the path and a collision imminent, the pilot initiated a go-around by applying full power and retracting the flaps from 40 degrees to 10 degrees. The pilot added that even though the airplane was airborne, he was unable to climb over the fence. The airplane impacted the top of the fence with its main landing gear and tailwheel before coming to rest wedged between a rock pile and the fence; it sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that after touching down the airplane tracked the centerline of the runway but eventually began to track to the right. After correcting left and back to the centerline the airplane tracked straight. Subsequently, a wind gust from the right caused the right wing to lift, which resulted in the airplane tracking to the left and eventually exiting the left side of the runway. With a fence now directly in his path and an impending collision imminent, the pilot initiated a go-around by applying full power and retracting the flaps from 40 degrees to 10 degrees. The pilot added that even though the airplane was now airborne, he was unable to climb over the fence. The airplane impacted the top of the fence with its main landing gear and tail wheel before coming to rest wedged between a rock pile and the fence. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2927K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180 (K)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053132
- Airframe hours
- 5,830
- Engine
- Continental O470, 230 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 2012 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- CMA · Cararillo, CA
- Destination
- CCB · Upland, CA
- Airport
- CCB · Cable Airport, runway 24, 3,864 × 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
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 30, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 872 total · 319 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Observed at
- ONT, 6 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 31, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.3 MB 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.