# Accident 20160905014979A: Cessna TR182, South Lake Taho, CA, September 5, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2016, 13:15 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8986° N, 119.9939° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8986&lon=-119.9939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738GK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738GK-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 80 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA465](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA465) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160905014979A

## Narrative

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

CESSNA 182 N738GK FLEW FROM KVGT-KBIH-KTVL.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18.  PILOT NOTED AFTER CROSSING THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT SETTLE TO LAND.  THE PILOT MADE THE DETERMINATION TO SELECT A GO-AROUND  AFTER PASSING THE 2500' MARKER.  PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB, MAIN LANDING GEAR MADE GROUND CONTACT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE PILOT LOST CONTROL.  THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND 135 FEET LEFT (EAST) OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  THE PLANE SLID FOR 18 FEET SHEARING OFF THE NOSE GEAR AND ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED FIVE MORE FEET WHEN THE RIGHT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN POINTING NORTH 155 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT  AND WERE EVALUATED BY LOCAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.  ONLY MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## 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 GAA16CA465](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA465), Sep 5, 2016: Cessna TR182 (N738GK), South Lake Tahoe, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an attempted go-around, which resulted in a runway excursion and a nose over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to remove…

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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