Cessna 172 N73890

Summary

On 18 April 1982 at about 22:25 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N73890, operated by Timothy D. Schulze, was involved in an accident near Bakersfield, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 April 1982 at 22:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Bakersfield, California, United States

Nearest airport

Di Giorgio (8L8)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N73890

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Timothy D. Schulze

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bakersfield → Bakersfield

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DA141

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON AN AIRSTRIP WITH A VINEYARD ABOUT 20 FT LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS A LEFT QUARTERING HEADWIND AT 10 KNOTS. THE FIRST LANDING WAS ABORTED AFTER TOUCHDOWN WHEN THE PLANE STARTED TO VEER LEFT AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE NEXT LANDING WAS MADE AT A MUCH SLOWER AIRSPEED. AS BRAKING ACTION WAS BEGUN, THE PLANE VEERED LEFT AGAIN AND HEADED TOWARD SOFT TERRAIN ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ANOTHER GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED, BUT THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE GRAPEVINES. THE LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE VINES AND THE PLANE CRASHED IN THE VINEYARD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.