# NTSB LAX85LA247: Cessna 182P, N58613, Oasis, CA, May 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1985, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Oasis, CA
- Coordinates: 33.549926, -115.970214 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5499&lon=-115.9702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24720
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA247
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24720/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA247

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - loose gravel/sandy (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vlo) - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - not corrected, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - aborted takeoff - intentional, pilot in command

## Analysis

TO ACCOMODATE HIS PAX'S REQUEST TO BE TRANSPORTED CLOSE TO HIS DESTINATION, THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT ON A 350 FOOT-LONG DIRT ROAD. THE PAX DISEMBARKED & THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF ON THE SAME ROAD. THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE IN GRND EFFECT, CLIMBED APRX 5 FT THEN SETTLED BACK ON THE ROAD. THE ACFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE ROAD & ENTERED SANDY TERRAIN. THE PLT STATED THAT HE REALIZED THE ACFT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE IN THE SAND, SO HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. AS THE ACFT SLOWED TO A STOP IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N58613 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18262175
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James W. Larsh
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: OASIS, CA
- Destination: SEE, SAN DIEGO, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 845 total, 20 in this make and model, 746 as pilot in command, 84 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 19850501019459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850501019459A), May 1, 1985: Cessna 182P, Oasis, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft nosed over during abort. Pilot lifted off road early and plane mushed into sandy area off end of road

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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