# NTSB LAX85LA010: Cessna 177RG, N52936, Concord, CA, October 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 9, 1984, 20:15 local (Oct 10, 1984, 03:15 UTC)
- Place: Concord, CA
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24572
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24572/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA010

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE DID A GO-AROUND WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19L BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE SPEED. THE PLT RE-ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND WAS CLEARED BY THE TOWER TO LND ON RWY 19R. THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS ADVISED BY THE TOWER TO INITIATE THE RIGHT BASE TURN. THE PLT TURNED BASE AND FINAL TO THE WRONG RUNWAY (14L) AND LANDED. THE PLT STATED THAT 'AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE RWY END WAS COMING UP FAST BUT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR A GO-AROUND WITH SAFETY, SO RODE IT OUT INTO THE FENCE.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N52936](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52936), registered now, S/N 177RG1313, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (registry code 2073709) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (registry code 41593, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177RG1313
- Airframe hours: 1032
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John Hurney & Harold Crossman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: EUG, EUGENE, OR
- Destination: CCR
- Airport: CCR, Buchanan Field, runway 14L, 4,601 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 1,119 total, 122 in this make and model, 489 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CCR

## 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 19841009061679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841009061679A), Oct 9, 1984: Cessna 177RG, Concord, CA, Substantial damage. After go around pilot landed on wrong runway. Aircraft ran off end of runway into a ditch and fence.

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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