Hemet Ryan Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Hemet, California 92545
Sunday, July 23, 2006 10:00 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane's nose landing gear collapsed and the right wing impacted terrain during a precautionary landing on a dirt strip. The pilot said that as the flight neared its intended destination, the airplane's engine began to shake violently and backfire. The pilot reduced power to lessen the effects of the shaking and backfiring. He confirmed that the fuel selector, magnetos, and engine controls were properly set and set up for an off airport landing on a dirt strip. During the landing roll, the airplane drifted off the dirt strip due to a crosswind. The nose landing gear dug into the soft dirt adjacent to the field and collapsed. A post accident test run of the engine and examination of the carburetor revealed no anomalies that would have resulted in the reported engine shake and backfire. Review of a carburetor icing probability chart showed that with the temperature and dew point that existed at the time of the accident, a chance of light carburetor icing probability existed at cruise or descent power.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the shaking and backfiring of the engine for undetermined reasons.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/23/2006
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1000
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City Hemet
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 92545
Event Date Year 2006
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 334800N
Event Location Longitude 1170400W
Event Location Airport Hemet Ryan
Event Location Nearest Airport ID HMT
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 4
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 955 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 320
Weather Observation Facility ID RIV
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 11
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 13000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 8000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 35
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 36
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 17
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 280
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 11
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.86
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 21288
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Jul 23 2006 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Apr 25 2007 2:54PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\lema
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Riverside, California

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9886M
NTSB Number LAX06LA242
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 182P
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 18264784
Certified Max Gross Weight 2950
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
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 Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 1 2006 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 27
Airframe Hours 6817.5
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name John M. Wilcox & Associates, Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 101 N 9th Ave
Aircraft Owner City Upland
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 91786
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name Joseph E. Mosallam
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Fontana
Operator State CA
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 92336
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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) Personal
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code CCB
Departure City Upland
Departure State CA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 930
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code HMT
Destination City Hemet
Destination State CA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Cruise
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Mar 6 2007 1:37PM
User who most recently changed record COOS
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location NA
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --