# Accident 19890920035619A: Cessna 182P, Zenia, CA, September 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1989, 17:30 local time
- Place: Zenia, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AVGA
- Location: 40.2054° N, 123.4920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zenia, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2054&lon=-123.4920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8579M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8579M-2000-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 102 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA317) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890920035619A

## Narrative

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

GROUND LOOPED INTO FENCE AT END OF RUNWAY TO AVOID OVERRUN. FLAP LIMIT SWITCH ALLOWED FLAPS TO JAM IN UP POSITION.

## 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 LAX89LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA317), Sep 21, 1989: Cessna 182 (N8579M), Zenia, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO REALIZE THAT THE FLAPS DID NOT EXTEND, WHICH RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED. THE SEIZED FLAP ACTUATOR WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

## Other reports on N8579M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990119000619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990119000619A), Jan 19, 1999: Cessna 182P (N8579M), Danville, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (.19)On January 19, 1999, about 1935 hours PST time, a Cessna 182P, N8579M, collided with terrain during cruise flight near livermore, California. T he…

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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