# Accident 20040820021779A: Cessna 182G, Big Bear, CA, August 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2004, 18:00 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Airport: Big Bear City Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2636° N, 116.8544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2636&lon=-116.8544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2059R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2059R-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 5,500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040820021779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS BRIEFED BY BIG BEAR AIRPORT UNICOM ON RUNWAY 26 CONSTRUCTION. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO LAND ON TEMPORARY RUNWAY 26, (SOUTH TAXIWAY) WHOSE THRESHOLD IS DISPLACED 900 FEET, WITH 2,500 FEET REMAINING. PILOT LANDED ON SERVICE ROAD WHICH IS PARALLEL TO SOUTH TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES WITH LEFT WING WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT TURNED 90 DEGREES LEFT, DEPARTED SERVICE ROAD AND LANDED IN 5 FOOT DITCH. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN ACCIDENT BUT PILOT WAS UNINJURED. PILOT STATED HIS VISION WAS SEVERELY RESTRICTED BY DIRECT SUNLIGHT IN HIS EYES.

## 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 LAX04LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA299), Aug 21, 2004: Cessna 182G (N2059R), Big Bear City, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's mistaken selection of an airport road as the landing runway. Factors in the accident were the nonstandard markings on the temporary landing surface and the glare from the setting sun.

## Other reports on N2059R (1)

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

- [Incident 19860326016589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860326016589I), Mar 26, 1986: Cessna 182G (N2059R), Death Valley, CA, Minor damage. During taxi to parking, wingtip struck the rudder of a parked aircraft.

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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