# NTSB OAK71DVG29: Cessna 182C, N8856T, Sutter Crk, CA, October 14, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 14, 1970
- Place: Sutter Crk, CA · SUTTER CRK, CA
- Location: 38.3924° N, 120.7990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sutter Creek, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3924&lon=-120.7990&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 15, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158489
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK71DVG29
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71DVG29

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3955  70/10/14   SUTTER CRK,CALIF    CESSNA 182C         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 122
        TIME - 1225                    N8856T              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTOVER
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LONG BEACH,CALIF            SUTTER CRK,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
        REMARKS- RAN OFF RWY,HIT BOULDER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8856T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8856T-2013-10-24), registration cancelled 2013-10-24, S/N 52756, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Westover

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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