# Accident 20200507004659A: Cessna 182P, Perris, CA, May 7, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2020, 08:30 local time
- Place: Perris, CA
- Airport: Perris Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7646° N, 117.2190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRIS VALLEY (L65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7646&lon=-117.2190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58646, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58646) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 846 total, 192 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200507004659A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN, LANDED AT THE PERRIS VALLEY AIRPORT (L65).  HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT AS HE NORMALLY LANDS AT FRENCH VALLEY (F70). HE REALIZED THAT FRENCH VALLEY WAS CLOSED DUE TO RUNWAY RESURFACING AND CHOSE TO DIVERT TO THE PERRIS VALLEY AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

THE NEXT MORNING THE PILOT WENT TO THE PERRIS VALLEY AIRPORT TO FLY BACK TO VAN NUYS AIRPORT (VNY).  THE PILOT WAS TAXIING HIS AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY ON WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A TAXIWAY.  HOWEVER, THE AREA HE THOUGHT WAS A TAXIWAY WAS A ROAD UTILIZED FOR VEHICLES AND AIRPORT EQUIPMENT.  THE AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE AN ACTUAL TAXIWAY.  PILOTS BACK TAXI ON THE RUNWAY TO THEIR PARKING AREA.

AS HE TAXIED TO THE RUNWAY THE LEFT WING OF THE C-182 STRUCK A TRACTOR THAT WAS PARKED TO THE SIDE OFF OF THE ROAD.  THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 180 DEGREES AND CAME TO A REST IN A DITCH NEXT TO THE ROADWAY.

DAMAGE IS VISIBLE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING AND UNDERNEATH THE LEFT WING, THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N58646 (1)

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

- [Incident 20160501007899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160501007899I), May 1, 2016: Cessna 182P (N58646), El Monte, CA, Minor damage. On approach to El Monte Airport, tower cleared aircraft N58646 for landing on runway 010; pilot inadvertently passed the runway centerline, flared up and the…

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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