# NTSB SEA07CA236: Cessna 182R, N8280E, Redding, CA, August 27, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 27, 2007, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Redding, CA
- Coordinates: 40.574722, -122.408058
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5747&lon=-122.4081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66503
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA236
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66503/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA236

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to achieve the proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with a fence.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## Analysis

According to the pilot, during the landing on the 2,420-foot long runway, he touched down about half way down the runway.  He applied "heavy braking," but felt the wheels skidding and eased off on the brakes.  He decided not to go around as he was "too far down the runway" when he realized he would not be able to stop before overrunning the runway.  The airplane exited the end of the runway, traveled down an embankment and impacted a fence.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, during the landing on the 2,420-foot long runway, he touched down about half way down the runway.  He applied "heavy braking," but felt the wheels skidding and eased off on the brakes.  He decided not to go around as he was "too far down the runway" when he realized he would not be able to stop before overrunning the runway.  The airplane exited the end of the runway, traveled down an embankment and impacted a fence.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8280E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8280E), registered now, S/N 18268389, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182R
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18268389
- Engines: Continental O-470-U reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Civil Air Patrol Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: RDD, Redding, CA
- Destination: O85, Redding, CA
- Airport: O85, Benton Field, runway 15, 2,420 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 362 total, 134 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.80 inHg
- Observed at: RDD

## 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 20070827023469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070827023469A), Aug 27, 2007: Cessna 182R, Redding, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed aircraft on Benton Field in Redding, CA. Pilot had too much speed on final and touched down near the center of the runway. Pilot was unable…

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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