# NTSB LAX82DA338: Cessna 206, N5374U, Perris Valley, CA, September 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 3, 1982, 20:30 local (Sep 4, 1982, 03:30 UTC)
- Place: Perris Valley, CA
- Location: 33.7646° N, 117.2190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRIS VALLEY (L65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7646&lon=-117.2190&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72199
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA338
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72199/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA338

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - control interference - inadvertent, passenger (contributing factor)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SLIGHTLY LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANUEVER THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO CENTER, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. WHEN HE SAW A DITCH AHEAD AND APPLIED FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND COLLIDED WITH THE DITCH. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BELIEVES HIS PASSENGER APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE EVENTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5374U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20602255
- Airframe hours: 450
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520F 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Aero Flite
- Registered owner: Clark C. Munro
- Departed: HWD, HAYWARD, CA
- Destination: NEW HAMPTON, IA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: L65, Perris Valley, runway 33, 5,100 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,030 total, 31 in this make and model, 1,984 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 187 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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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