Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Gravelly Valley Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Upper Lake, California 95485
Saturday, July 18, 1987 14:36 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A CESSNA 182Q STRUCK A DITCH ON THE LEFT SHOULDER OF RUNWAY 01 DURING A GO-AROUND. THE PLT INDICATED THAT HE PLANNED TO LAND ON RWY 01 BECAUSE OF PUBLISHED INSTRUCTIONS TO LAND ON RWY 01 AND TO TAKEOFF ON RWY 19. THE PLT MADE A GO-AROUND ON HIS 1ST APRCH AND ON HIS 2ND APRCH DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT. THE PLT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE RUNWAY'S LEFT SHOULDER. THE NOSE GEAR THEN STRUCK A DITCH AND COLLAPSED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PLT NOTICED THAT THE WIND SOCKS AT EACH END OF THE 4,050 FT LONG BY 200 FT WIDE GRAVEL STRIP WERE INDICATING TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THE WIND SOCK AT THE APPROACH END OF RWY 01 WAS INDICATING A TAILWIND. THE PLT STATED THAT HE TALKED TO SEVERAL HANG GLIDER PLTS WHO WERE OPERATING IN THE AREA AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE WINDS WERE SHIFTING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS 'THERMALS.' THE PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS TO CONDUCT CAP MISSION TRAINING.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/18/1987 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1436 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | UPPER LAKE |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 95485 |
| Event Date Year | 1987 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | GRAVELLY VALLEY AIRPORT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 1Q5 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 1900 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1447 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 195 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | UKI |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 614 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 22 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 5000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 40 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 11 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 280 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 3100 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2343 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 36224 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 2:36PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N97061 |
| NTSB Number | LAX87LA274 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Company VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 182Q |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 182Q |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 18266960 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2800 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jun 16 1987 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 54 |
| Airframe Hours | 2282 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CIVIL AIR PATROL, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS |
| Aircraft Owner City | MAXWELL AFB |
| Aircraft Owner State | AL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 36112 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Other Work Use |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 069 |
| Departure City | PETALUMA |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1350 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | IQ5 |
| Destination City | UPPER LAKE |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 1 |
| Runway Length | 4050 |
| Runway Width | 200 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |