# Accident 19810530031429A: Cessna 182Q, Scotts Valley, CA, May 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1981, 11:45 local time
- Place: Scotts Valley, CA
- Airport: Skypark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0555° N, 122.0118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scotts Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0555&lon=-122.0118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4838N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 26 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVM23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810530031429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT WAS ADVISED OF WIND CHANGE ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING BUT CONTINUED AND RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81DVM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVM23), May 30, 1981: Cessna 182 (N4838N), Santa Cruz, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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