# NTSB LAX82FXQ09: Cessna 182, N5056D, Truckee, CA, May 31, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: May 31, 1982, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Location: 39.3280° N, 120.1833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Truckee, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3280&lon=-120.1833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 31, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72865
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FXQ09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72865/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FXQ09

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT HAD RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AFTER A GLIDER TOWING OPERATION OF ABOUT 10 MINUTES. RUNWAY 19 WAS IN USE. REPORTEDLY, THE TERRAIN TO THE NORTH OF RUNWAY 19 WAS ABOUT 100 FT LOWER THAN THE AIRPORT ELEVATION. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT HE HEARD THE SOUND OF FULL POWER APPLICATION AND THEN OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A STEEP CLIMB COMING BACK UP TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN OBSERVED TO TURN LEFT AND CRASH INTO TREES ON A STEEP SLOPE. THE MAGNETIC DIRECTION OF IMPACT WAS ABOUT 120 DEGREES. REPORTEDLY, THE PILOT HAD BEEN COUNSELED AFTER HIS PREVIOUS FLIGHT THAT HIS LANDING APPROACH WAS TOO LOW. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 7100 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5056D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51156
- Airframe hours: 3813
- Engines: O-470L 265 265 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Charlie Roeschen
- Registered owner: Charlie Roeschen
- Departed: TRR, TRUCKEE, CA
- Destination: TRR, TRUCKEE, CA
- Airport: TRR, Truckee-Tahoe, runway 19, 3,201 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 815 total, 800 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 138 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19820531019579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820531019579A), May 31, 1982: Cessna 182A, Truckee, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during attempted go around after returning from glider tow operation.

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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