Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.
NTSB analysis
The pilot reported that, shortly after an uneventful touchdown, the airplane began to veer left. The pilot attempted to regain directional control with corrective actions, but the airplane continued off the left edge of the runway, slid down an embankment, nosed over, and then came to rest inverted. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for WPR15LA083 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jan 10, 2015
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Jackson, California
- Nearest airport
- Westover Field Amador County (JAQ)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 180
- N-number
- N2229C
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1953
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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