# NTSB OAK76DVD44: Cessna 182, N42505, Crescent City, CA, August 19, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1976
- Place: Crescent City, CA · CRESCENT CITY, CA
- Location: 41.7645° N, 124.2008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crescent City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7645&lon=-124.2008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201334
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK76DVD44
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVD44-201334

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2054  76/8/19    CRESCENT CITY,CA    CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 45, 76 TOTAL
        TIME - 1250                    N42505              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCNAMARA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NORTH BEND,OR               CRESCENT CITY,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42505](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42505-2003-01-16), registration cancelled 2003-01-16, S/N 18259046, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mcnamara

## Other investigations on N42505 (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA02LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA112), Jun 26, 2002: Cessna 182L (N42505), Donnelly, ID, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to arrest an excessive descent rate during an attempted landing, and his inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. Factors include a high density altitude , and trees near the…

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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