# NTSB LAX06CA039: Cessna 182T, N51732, Livermore, CA, October 30, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 30, 2005, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Coordinates: 37.7, -121.822776
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7000&lon=-121.8228&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62864
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX06CA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62864/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA039

## Probable cause

substantial damage to the airplane during unknown phase of flight for undetermined reasons.

## Sequence of events

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

- Undetermined, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

Substantial structural damage was found during a maintenance inspection.  The date, time, and location where the damage occurred remains unknown.  The pilot and any other occupants who may have been on board at the time are unknown, and it is presumed that there were no injuries.  During an inspection, the airplane's mechanic found that the firewall was structurally damaged.  The operator stated that she does not know when, where, or who damaged the aircraft.  She further stated that there were three individuals who flew the airplane after its most recent 100-hour inspection.  All the pilots and their previous passengers stated that their past flights and respective landings were uneventful; there were no witnesses to state differently.  The operator added that the damage done to the airplane was not externally visible and could not have been detected during a preflight inspection.  The date, time, and location utilized for this accident is referenced from the last flight for computer entry purposes only.  A determination was not made regarding the identity of the pilot(s) that caused the damage to the training airplane.

## Factual narrative

Substantial structural damage was found during a maintenance inspection.  The date, time, and location where the damage occurred remains unknown.  The pilot and any other occupants who may have been on board at the time are unknown, and it is presumed that there were no injuries.  During an inspection, the airplane's mechanic found that the firewall was structurally damaged.  The operator stated that she does not know when, where, or who damaged the aircraft.  She further stated that there were three individuals who flew the airplane after its most recent 100-hour inspection.  All the pilots and their previous passengers stated that their past flights and respective landings were uneventful; there were no witnesses to state differently.  The operator added that the damage done to the airplane was not externally visible and could not have been detected during a preflight inspection.  The date, time, and location utilized for this accident is referenced from the last flight for computer entry purposes only.  A determination was not made regarding the identity of the pilot(s) that caused the damage to the training airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N51732](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51732), registered now, S/N 18281088, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182T
- Registry model: [Cessna 182T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (registry code 2072703) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 81088
- Engines: Lycoming O-540-A1BA reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Wollard Aviation Inc., doing business as Ahart Aviation Services
- Registered owner: Komanetsky Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LVK, Livermore, CA
- Destination: Unknown, CA
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: UNKN, Unknown, runway 00

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 1 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

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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