# NTSB LAX82DVG12: Cessna P210N, N731NZ, Napa, CA, January 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: January 9, 1982, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Napa, CA
- Coordinates: 38.549468, -122.149085 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5495&lon=-122.1491&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71826
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DVG12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71826/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DVG12

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING HIS APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE PILOT BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER AIRCRAFT TAXIING NEAR THE RUNWAY. HE REPORTED THAT HIS LANDING PROCEDURE WAS INTERRUPTED AS HE WAS WAITING FOR ONE OF THE PLANES TO STOP SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. ALSO, HE REPORTED ABORTING HIS LANDING WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED INSUFFICIENT BRAKING. DURING THE GO-AROUND, THE PLANE RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO MUDDY TERRAIN. THE PILOT CUT THE POWER AND THE PLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP IN A WATER AND MUD FILLED DEPRESSION. THE BRAKE PADS HAD BEEN RECENTLY REPLACED, BUT NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES WERE REPORTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N731NZ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731NZ), registered now, S/N P21000517, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 00517
- Airframe hours: 260
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Adon V. Panattoni
- Registered owner: Adon V. Panattoni
- Departed: SACRAMENTO, CA
- Destination: COLUMBUS, MS
- Airport: Napa, runway 18, 2,500 × 0 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,300 total, 250 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles

## 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 19820109001259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820109001259A), Jan 9, 1982: Cessna P210N, Napa, CA, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on runway after landing fast and long. Ran off end into mud. Reported brake defect, none found.

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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