# NTSB LAX83LA383: Cessna 182Q, N735DZ, Trinity Center, CA, August 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 18, 1983, 18:30 local (Aug 19, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Trinity Center, CA
- Coordinates: 41.050662, -122.780128 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0507&lon=-122.7801&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23819
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA383
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23819/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA383

## 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)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
- Nose over, other

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT DURING THE APCH, HE LET HIS AIRSPEED GET TOO SLOW & STALLED THE ACFT. REPORTEDLY, HE APPLIED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND AS THE ACFT BEGAN TO RAPIDLY LOSE ALT. HOWEVER, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A BRUSHY AREA BESIDE THE RWY & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N735DZ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735DZ-1983-12-06), registration cancelled 1983-12-06, S/N 18265354 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1826535A
- Airframe hours: 820
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Oberkamper & Associates
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 7, 1982, 60 hours before
- Departed: 056, NOVATO, CA
- Destination: 086, TRINITY CENTER, CA
- Airport: 086, Trinity Center, runway 14, 2,260 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 160 total, 91 in this make and model, 104 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RDD, 34 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 19830818046689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830818046689A), Aug 18, 1983: Cessna 182Q, Trinity Center, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot stalled aircraft which crashed off the approach end of the runway during 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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