# NTSB LAX96LA079: Cessna 182Q, N97196, Fallbrook, CA, December 26, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 26, 1995, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Fallbrook, CA - Coordinates: 33.389923, -117.209312 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3899&lon=-117.2093&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 7, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 29357 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX96LA079 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/29357/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA079 ## Probable cause the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation (failure to ensuring the flight information publication was current); his selection of the wrong runway for landing; his failure to achieve the proper touchdown point during the landing; and his failure to go around, while there was still sufficient airspeed and runway available. The tailwind was a related factor. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause) - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - rough/uneven - Nose over, landing ## Analysis After arriving over the airport, the pilot was unsuccessful in obtaining an airport advisory by using the common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) from a flight information publication that was in his possession. (After the accident, he noticed the publication was out-of-date and did not have the correct CTAF published.) The pilot said he could find no means for determining the wind direction, and he elected to land on runway 18. During the landing roll, he was unable to stop the aircraft on the remaining runway, and it overran the departure end, encountered a rough surface, and nosed over. The pilot said that after the accident, he realized he had unknowingly landed downwind with a 15-knot tail wind. Ground witnesses reported that the aircraft was very fast and had touched down about 1,000 feet down the 2,160-foot-long runway. The witnesses also stated that the winds had been steady from the north at 10 to 15 knots all morning. ## Factual narrative On December 26, 1995, at 1000 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 182Q, N97196, nosed over following a landing overrun at the Fallbrook, California, airport. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot and was on a personal cross-country flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the operation. The aircraft incurred substantial damage. The certificated private pilot and two passengers were not injured. The flight originated at Long Beach, California, on the day of the accident at 0920 as a flight to Fallbrook. The pilot was interviewed by telephone on the day of the accident. He reported that after arriving over the airport he was unsuccessful in contacting anyone on the ground over the CTAF for an airport advisory. After the accident he noticed the flight information publication he was using was out-of-date and did not have the correct CTAF published. The pilot said he could find no means for determining the wind direction and he elected to land on runway 18. He could not stop the aircraft and it overran the departure end of the runway, encountered a rough surface, and nosed over. The pilot said that after the accident it was clear that the he had unknowingly landed downwind with a 15-knot tail wind. Ground witnesses reported to FAA inspectors that the aircraft was very fast and touched down about 1,000 feet down the 2,160-foot-long runway. The witnesses stated that the winds had been steady from the north at 10 to 15 knots all morning. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N97196](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97196), registered now, S/N 18267011, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182Q - Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18267011 - Airframe hours: 1400 - Engines: Continental O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: William H. Wallace - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 1995, 100 hours before - Departed: LGB, LONG BEACH, CA - Destination: L18 - Airport: L18, Fallbrook Airpark, runway 18, 2,160 × 70 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 73; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,304 total, 800 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 360° at 15 knots - Visibility: 50 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °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 19951226042529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951226042529A), Dec 26, 1995: Cessna 182Q, Fallbrook, CA, Substantial damage. Landed half way down runway downwind. Overran runway and nosed over. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.