# Accident 20250929016489A: Cessna 182A, Avalon, CA, September 29, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2025, 13:46 local time
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Airport: Catalina Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4057° N, 118.4175° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4057&lon=-118.4175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2079G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2079G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,594 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250929016489A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1345 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 182, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING, EXPERIENCED A RUNWAY EXCURSION FOLLOWING A LONG LANDING ON RUNWAY 4 AT CATALINA AIRPORT (KAVX), AVALON, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GILLESPIE FIELD (SEE), EL CAJON, CA, UNDER VFR EN ROUTE TO CATALINA AIRPORT (KAVX). UPON ARRIVAL, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT LOW CLOUDS PRECLUDED SAFE USE OF RUNWAY 22. HE ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 4, WHICH HAS A 1.8% DOWNHILL SLOPE AND A LIGHT TAILWIND COMPONENT.

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-THIRD DOWN THE 3,000-FOOT RUNWAY. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT STOP BEFORE THE RUNWAY END. DUE TO THE STEEP DROP-OFF AND OBSCURING CLOUDS NEAR THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 22, THE PILOT ELECTED NOT TO ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE, TRAVERSED A SMALL BERM, AND SUSTAINED FIREWALL DAMAGE. DURING SUBSEQUENT TAXI OPERATIONS AROUND A DRAINAGE DITCH TO RETURN TO THE RAMP, THE AIRCRAFT’S LEFT WING STRUCK A WOODEN POST, CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE WING LEADING EDGE AND AILERON. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THERE WAS NO AIRPORT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR25LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA304), Sep 29, 2025: Cessna 182A (N2079G), Avalon, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land with a tailwind and a downslope to the runway.

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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