Cessna 182F N3580Y

Summary

On 1 October 2007 at about 01:25 local time, a Cessna 182F registered N3580Y was involved in an accident near Bakersfield, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 October 2007 at 01:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Bakersfield, California, United States

Nearest airport

Meadown Field (BFL)

Coordinates

35.4336, -119.0567

Aircraft

Cessna 182F

Registration

N3580Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bakersfield → Delano

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX07CA286

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and pretakeoff checks during which he failed to remove the gust lock.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane porpoised on the runway while decelerating during a rejected takeoff. The pilot did not have the Cessna issued gust lock that fits into the hole in the control yoke. Therefore, he placed a machine bolt into the hole to keep the flight controls steady while he washed his airplane. During the pilot's subsequent preflight and pretakeoff check he failed to observe that movement of the flight controls was restricted. During takeoff, as the airplane became airborne, the bolt's presence was discovered, and the pilot retarded the throttle. The airplane contacted the runway in a nose low attitude and porpoised, thereby bending the firewall and fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.