# NTSB OAK76DVG18: Cessna 182, N667PZ, Paradise, CA, August 24, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: August 24, 1975
- Place: Paradise, CA · PARADISE, CA
- Location: 39.7542° N, 121.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paradise, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7542&lon=-121.6064&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 9, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151036
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK76DVG18
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG18

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3366  75/8/24    PARADISE,CA         CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 301
        TIME - 1630                    N667PZ              PX-  0  1  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PARADISE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LIVERMORE,CA                PARADISE,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
        REMARKS- LND LONG & PORPOISED. DRG GO ARND DRIFTED L INTO BANK. PLT STATED REQ TO LND DOWNWIND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N667PZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Paradise

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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