Cessna 17OA N5478C

Summary

On 15 August 1983 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna 17OA registered N5478C was involved in an accident near Ramona, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 August 1983 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Ramona, California, United States

Nearest airport

Ramona (L39)

Coordinates

33.0708, -116.8310

Aircraft

Cessna 17OA

Registration

N5478C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA392

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 PLT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS IN WINDS THAT WERE VARIABLE AT 5 GUSTING 10 KTS. ON HIS 4TH LANDING, HE TOUCHED DOWN USING THE 'FULL STALL TECHNIQUE.' HE REPORTED THAT AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, HE TURNED OFF THE CARBURETOR HEAT & RAISED THE FLAPS, THEN WITHOUT WARNING, THE ACFT BEGAN YAWING TO THE RIGHT. DESPITE RECOVERY EFFORTS, HE LOST CONTROL, THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY & THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PLT STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS ON FINAL TO LAND ON RWY 27, THE WIND WAS FROM THE NORTHWEST, BUT AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HE NOTED THAT IT HAD SHIFTED TO THE EAST. ABOUT 15 MIN LATER, THE WIND SHIFTED BACK TOWARD THE WEST AGAIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.