- Date
- July 29, 1992, 18:30 local (Jul 30, 1992, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5116TCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920729028059A
- Case key
- 27707
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Probable cause
The pilots selection of the wrong runway for takeoff under the existing wind conditions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot said he was attempting a downwind takeoff on the 2,420 foot long runway 33 with a tail wind component of about 12 knots. The pilot said that at the halfway point on the runway he did not have sufficient indicated airspeed to continue and he aborted the takeoff. The aircraft over ran the end of the runway, collided with a ditch and nosed over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5116T
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201816
- Airframe hours
- 3,049
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hillside Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hillside Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 28, 1992 · 65 hours before
- Airport
- O85 · Benton Field, runway 33, 2,420 × 80 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 324 total · 67 in this make and model · 211 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDD, 8 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.