# NTSB SEA07CA257: Cessna 182Q, N2001S, Dunsmuir, CA, August 30, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 30, 2007, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Dunsmuir, CA
- Coordinates: 41.263053, -122.272224
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2631&lon=-122.2722&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): 66645
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA257
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66645/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA257

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of distance/speed and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway overrun during the landing roll.

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Analysis

The pilot reported that while en route on the cross-country flight he observed the alternator's voltage degrading, which prompted him to divert to an alternate airport.  The pilot stated that he was "hot and fast" on final approach, which resulted in the airplane touching down long and overrunning the end of the runway.  The airplane subsequently impacted a fence before coming to rest upright.  An examination of the airplane by a certificated FAA airframe and powerplant mechanic confirmed that the airplane had sustained substantial damage to its left wing and aft fuselage area.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that while en route on the cross-country flight he observed the alternator's voltage degrading, which prompted him to divert to an alternate airport.  The pilot stated that he was "hot and fast" on final approach, which resulted in the airplane touching down long and overrunning the end of the runway.  The airplane subsequently impacted a fence before coming to rest upright.  An examination of the airplane by a certificated FAA airframe and powerplant mechanic confirmed that the airplane had sustained substantial damage to its left wing and aft fuselage area.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2001S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2001S-2012-08-07), registration cancelled 2012-08-07, S/N 18266173 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266173
- Engines: Continental O-470-U reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: OAR, Marina, CA
- Destination: 3S8, Grants Pass, OR
- Airport: NONE, Dunsmuir Municipal-Mott, runway 32, 2,700 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 1,600 total, 850 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.10 inHg
- Observed at: MHS, 12 nm away

## 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 20070830020929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070830020929A), Aug 30, 2007: Cessna 182Q, Dunsmuir, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) During a part 91 flight from salienas, CA, to grants pass or, the pilot [privacy data omitted] stated that while cruising at an altitude of 7,000 feet he…

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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