# NTSB LAX85LA382: Cessna 180B, N1895X, Placerville, CA, September 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 5, 1985, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Coordinates: 38.72993, -120.799682 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7299&lon=-120.7997&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): 24828
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA382
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24828/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA382

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vmcg) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACFT RAN OFF THE RWY AFTER LANDING. PLT REPORTED ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RWY AND WAS ABLE TO CORRECT BACK AFTER APPLICATION OF POWER.  WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT 7 KTS GUSTING TO 12 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1895X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1895X-2015-04-30), registration cancelled 2015-04-30, S/N 50369, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- Registry model: [Cessna 180B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (registry code 2072606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 50369
- Airframe hours: 3200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-K 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Marval C. Baumann
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1984
- Departed: SCK, STOCKTON, CA
- Airport: PVE, Placerville, runway 23, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 959 total, 146 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 7 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MHR, 28 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 19850905043359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850905043359A), Sep 5, 1985: Cessna 180B, Placerville, CA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control and departed side of runway. Added power and regained control. Wing struck a tree.

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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