# NTSB LAX83LVD02: Cessna 172, N29150, Gualala, CA, October 11, 1982 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report - Date: October 10, 1982, 16:25 local (Oct 11, 1982, 00:25 UTC) - Place: Gualala, CA - Location: 38.8428° N, 123.6201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gualala, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8428&lon=-123.6201&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 10, 1983 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 70920 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LVD02 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70920/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LVD02 ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition (contributing factor) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - maneuver - performed, pilot in command - object - aircraft moving on ground (contributing factor) - On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - performed, pilot in command - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition (contributing factor) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - pull-up - inadequate, pilot in command - object - aircraft moving on ground (contributing factor) ## Analysis (aircraft 2) CESSNA 172, N29150, & PIPER PA-28, N8465Y, WERE BOTH DEPARTING FROM A PVT, UNCTLD ARPT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT FROM OPPOSITE DRCTNS ON THE SAME RWY. TH RWY WAS CROWNED IN THE CENTER WHICH PREVENTED LINE-OF-SIGHT TO ACFT ON OPPOSITE ENDS. EACH PLT STATED THAT HE MADE THE APPROPRIATE RADIO CALLS ON THE UNICM FREQ BFR STARTING TKOF. DRG THEIR TKOF ROLLS, THEY APCHD EACH OTHER NEAR THE MID PART OF THE RWY. THE CESSNA PLT STATED HE MNVRD TO THE RGT WHILE THE PIPER REMAINED IN THE CENTER OF THE RWY. THE PIPER PLT STATED HE SWERVED RIGHT, BUT THAT THE CESSNA WENT LFT, THEN RGT, THEN LFT AGAIN, & FINALLY HE PULLED UP TO AVOID A COLLISION. AS THE ACFT PASSED, THE LFT WING TIPS COLLIDED. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE PIPER HAD 32 BAGS OF MARIJUANA IN THEIR POSSESSION. THE CESSNA PLT, AN MD, STATED THE PIPER PLT HAD DILATED PUPILS, FACIAL SWEATING, TREMULOUS HANDS, TELEGRAPHED SPEECH, DIAPHORETIC APPEARANCE & SHOWED GENERAL AGGITATION. ## Analysis (aircraft 1) CESSNA 172, N29150, & PIPER PA-28, N8465Y, WERE BOTH DEPARTING FROM A PVT, UNCTLD ARPT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT FROM OPPOSITE DRCTNS ON THE SAME RWY. THE RWY WAS CROWNED IN THE CENTER WHICH PREVENTED LINE-OF-SIGHT TO ACFT ON OPPOSITE ENDS. EACH PLT STATED THAT HE MADE THE APPROPRIATE RADIO CALLS ON THE UNICOM FREQ BFR STARTING TKOF. DRG THEIR TKOF ROLLS, THEY APCHD EACH OTHER NEAR THE MID PART OF THE RWY. THE CESSNA PLT STATED HE MNVRD TO THE RGT WHILE THE PIPER REMAINED IN THE CENTER OF THE RWY. THE PIPER PLT STATED HE SWERVED RIGHT, BUT THAT THE CESSNA WENT LFT, THEN RGT, THEN LFT AGAIN, & FINALLY HE PULLED UP TO AVOID A COLLISION. AS THE ACFT PASSED, THE LFT WING TIPS COLLIDED. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE PIPER HAD 32 BAGS OF MARIJUANA IN THEIR POSSESSION. THE CESSNA PLT, AN MD, STATED THE PIPER PLT HAD DILATED PUPILS, FACIAL SWEATING, TREMULOUS HANDS, TELEGRAPHED SPEECH, DIAPHORETIC APPEARANCE & SHOWED GENERAL AGGITATION. ## Aircraft 1 - Registration: N29150 (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1726406 - Airframe hours: 2675 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Joe Oram - Registered owner: Joe Oram - Departed: GUALALA, CA - Destination: C, PALA ALTO, CA - Airport: Ocean Ridge, runway 31, 2,600 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Aircraft 2 - Registration: [N8465Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8465Y-2013-10-28), registration cancelled 2013-10-28, S/N 28R-8231011, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R - Registry model: [Piper PA-28RT-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (registry code 7102817) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28R-0000 - Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360 225 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 91 - Operator: John Bewer - Registered owner: John Bewer - Departed: GUALALA, CA - Destination: GUALALA, CA - Airport: Ocean Ridge, runway 13, 2,600 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot, aircraft N29150; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 88 total, 15 in this make and model, 47 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours - Pilot, aircraft N8465Y; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 393 total, 121 in this make and model, 323 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 310° at 5 knots - Visibility: 50 statute miles - Temperature: 149 °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 19821010060411A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821010060411A), Oct 10, 1982: Piper PA28RT201T, Gualala, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with N21950 during take off run. Hump in mid-field prevented view of opposite end of runway. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.