# NTSB LAX01LA074: Cessna TR182, N63BD, Concord, CA, January 16, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 15, 2001, 17:30 local (Jan 16, 2001, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Concord, CA
- Coordinates: 38.000152, -122.029602 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0002&lon=-122.0296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA Flt Stnds Dist. Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50927
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX01LA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50927/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA074

## Probable cause

The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from buildings during taxi.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - hangar/airport building

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, upon exiting the runway, he made too  wide a turn onto the taxiway and then did not correct quickly enough to avoid striking a hangar with the left wingtip.

## Factual narrative

On January 15, 2001, at 1730 hours Pacific standard time, a Cessna TR182, N63BD, was substantially damaged when the left wing struck a hangar while taxiing to parking after landing at Buchanan Field, Concord, California.  The private pilot and one passenger were not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local area personal flight.  The flight was operated by the owner under 14 CFR Part 91, and departed from Concord at 1630.

In his report to the Safety Board, the pilot reported making a wide turn onto the taxiway and said he then did not correct quickly enough to avoid striking the hangar.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63BD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63BD), registered now, S/N R18201067, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201067
- Airframe hours: 2079
- Engines: Lycoming O-540-L3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Martin A. Yanes
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 21, 2000, 9.5 hours before
- Departed: CCR, CONCORD, CA
- Airport: CCR, Buchanan Field, runway 32R, 4,601 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review September 2, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 390 total, 113 in this make and model, 347 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Observed at: CCR

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20010115003069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010115003069A), Jan 15, 2001: Cessna TR182, Concord, CA, No damage. (-23) After the flight ended the pilot taxied the aircraft off the taxiway onto the east ramp, he turned and taxied his aircraft around a parked aircraft and…

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.

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