# NTSB LAX86LA257: Cessna 182L, N3496R, Lodi, CA, June 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 14, 1986, 09:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Coordinates: 38.109905, -121.159736 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1099&lon=-121.1597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25186
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA257
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25186/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA257

## 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 - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - not understood, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

A ACFT COLLIDED WITH A GRAVEL PILE AFTER OVERRUNNING THE 2,070 FT ASPHALT RWY. THE PLT INDICATED THAT THE WIND SOCK AT THE ARPT WAS INDICATING A VARIABLE WIND DIRECTION FROM 200 DEG TO 230 DEG. THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND ON RWY 12. HE STATED HE WOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO STOP THE ACFT ON THE GRASS OVERRUN IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR A 20 INCH HIGH PILE OF GRAVEL ACROSS IT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3496R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3496R-2012-10-04), registration cancelled 2012-10-04, S/N 18258796, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18258796
- Airframe hours: 1424
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Troy W. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 6, 1985, 91 hours before
- Departed: Q40, ELKGROVE, CA
- Destination: 103, LODI, CA
- Airport: 103, Lodi, runway 12, 2,070 × 26 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,040 total, 810 in this make and model, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SCK, 22 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 19860614026909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860614026909A), Jun 14, 1986: Cessna 182L, Lodi, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft was landed downwind and struck a gravel bar at the end of the runway. The pilot failed a recheck.

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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