- Date
- February 21, 2019, 17:10 local (Feb 22, 2019, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8644TCessna 182
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190221015779A
- Case key
- 99018
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a gusting tailwind, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with runway lights and taxiway signage.
Findings · 6
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during landing with a gusting, right tailwind, the airplane touched down, exited the left side of the runway, and collided with runway lights and taxiway signage. The airplane continued across the adjoining taxiway and then came to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left main landing gear attachment points. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot reported that the wind at the time of the landing was from 350° at 12 knots, gusting to 19 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 25R.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during landing in a gusting tailwind from the right, the airplane touched down, exited the left side of the runway, and collided with runway lights and taxiway signage. The airplane continued across the adjoining taxiway, and then came to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left main landing gear attachment points. The pilot reported that the wind at the time of the landing was from 350° at 12 knots, and gusting to 19 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 25R. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8644T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182 (C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52544
- Built
- 1960
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 2018
- Departed
- O85 · Redding, CA
- Destination
- LVK · Livermore, CA
- Airport
- LVK · Livermore Muni, runway 25R, 5,253 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 27, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 298 total · 283 in this make and model · 253 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Observed at
- KLVK
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 25, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8644T · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.