# NTSB LAX07CA275: Cessna U206G, N5344U, Fort Bragg, CA, September 14, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 14, 2007, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Fort Bragg, CA
- Coordinates: 39.4744444444444, -123.795555555556
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4744&lon=-123.7956&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66685
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX07CA275
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66685/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA275

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged speed and distance, which resulted in a landing overrun of the runway.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

The pilot stated that he landed, overran the 1,850-foot runway, and came to rest in a ditch on the departure end of the runway.  Review of the airplane's landing performance chart revealed that if the pilot landed the airplane at maximum gross weight with full flaps extended, a ground roll of about 740 feet would have been required to stop.  The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine.  The aircraft sustained substantial damage, including structural damage to the firewall and right wing.

## Factual narrative

On September 14, 2007, about 1500 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna U206G, N5344U, overran the runway and came to rest in a ditch at the Fort Bragg Airport, Fort Bragg, California.  The pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91.  The commercial pilot sustained minor injuries.  The airplane sustained substantial damage.  The personal flight departed a private airstrip in Laytonville, California, about 1445, with a planned destination of Fort Bragg.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.

In a written report to the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilot stated he landed, overran the 1,850-foot runway, and came to rest in a ditch on the departure end of the runway.  Review of the airplane's landing performance chart revealed that if the pilot landed the airplane at maximum gross weight with full flaps extended, a ground roll of about 740 feet would have been required to stop.

The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine.  The aircraft sustained substantial damage, including structural damage to the firewall and right wing.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5344U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5344U-2008-10-09), registration cancelled 2008-10-09, S/N U20605225 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20605225
- Airframe hours: 9020
- Engines: Continental IO-520-F27 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2007, 79 hours before
- Departed: Laytonville, CA
- Destination: 82CL, Fort Bragg, CA
- Airport: 82CL, Fort Bragg Airport, runway 16, 1,850 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; injuries: minor; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 3,972 total, 80 in this make and model, 3,972 as pilot in command, 52 in the last 90 days, 33 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: UKI, 35 nm away

## 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 20070914021699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070914021699A), Sep 14, 2007: Cessna U206G, Fort Bragg, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported that he landed his aircraft on runway 16, touching down on the first 1/3 of the 1850 ft length turf runway. The aircraft overshot the end…

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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