# NTSB LAX82FVD12: Cessna 182, N4734D, Livermore, CA, March 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1982, 13:02 local (21:02 UTC)
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71453
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FVD12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71453/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVD12

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - engine assembly,piston - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, takeoff - initial climb
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH ABOUT 150 FT AGL. THE PILOT LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD WHERE THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER FIVE PISTON AND PISTON PIN HAD FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4734D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4734D-2013-04-18), registration cancelled 2013-04-18, S/N 34834, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 37834
- Airframe hours: 4910
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: J. Solis
- Registered owner: J. Solis
- Departed: LVK, LIVERMORE, CA
- Destination: LVK, LIVERMORE, CA
- Airport: LVK, Livermore, runway 7, 4,000 × 0 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 199 total, 32 in this make and model, 155 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 20 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 19820326006189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820326006189A), Mar 26, 1982: Cessna 182A, Livermore, CA, Substantial damage. Engine failed shortly after takeoff and accident occurred during forced landing.

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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