# NTSB LAX86LA116: Cessna 182M, N91614, Healdsburg, CA, February 8, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 8, 1986, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Healdsburg, CA
- Coordinates: 38.439525, -122.780509 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4395&lon=-122.7805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25072
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25072/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA116

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)
  - lack of recent experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ON FEBRUARY 8, 1986, AT 1430 PST A CESSNA 182, N91614, OVERRAN THE LANDING SURFACE AND NOSED OVER AT A DIRT STRIP. VMC PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE WINDS WERE GENERALLY CALM WITH SPORADIC GUSTS FROM THE NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOTS. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS PRIOR TO THE APPROACH AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND TO THE SOUTH ON THE DOWN SLOPING 1300 FOOT DIRT STRIP. ON LANDING ROLL, A GUSTING TAILWIND EXTENDED THE LANDING RUN. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE DIRT STRIP AND NOSED OVER COMING TO REST IN A VERTICAL POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N91614](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91614), registered now, S/N 18259844, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259844
- Airframe hours: 1512
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Major Aviation Corp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 25, 1986, 19 hours before
- Departed: STS, SANTA ROSA, CA
- Destination: HEALDSBURG, CA
- Airport: runway 18, 1,300 ×  ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 2,750 total, 2,610 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °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 19860208002509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860208002509A), Feb 8, 1986: Cessna 182M, Healdsburg, CA, Substantial damage. Landed south on a downhill slope. A gust of north wind caused an overrun and nose over. Trees, hill at south end.

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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