Accident Cessna 180 N4902A, Tuesday 2 October 1984

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Date:	Tuesday 2 October 1984
Time:	16:08 LT
Type:	Cessna 180
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N4902A
MSN:	32299
Year of manufacture:	1956
Total airframe hrs:	4385 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-470-K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	El Monte, CA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	El Monte, CA (KEMT)
Destination airport:	El Monte, CA (KEMT)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A LOW TIME PVT PLT FLARED THE ACFT WHICH TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED. ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT ENTERED A GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT. APPLICATION OF RIGHT BRAKE AND RUDDER DID NOT CORRECT THE SITUATION. THE LEFT WING AND NOSE WENT DOWN & THE ACFT WENT OVER ONTO ITS BACK. THE ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR. THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER HE HAD OBTAINED A PVT PLT CERTIFICATE ON 03/03/84 AND HAD NOT FLOWN AFTER THAT DATE UNTIL THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.

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