# NTSB SEA08CA076: Cessna 182, N5407B, Livermore, CA, February 13, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: February 13, 2008, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Coordinates: 37.693332, -121.820274
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6933&lon=-121.8203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67508
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA08CA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67508/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA076

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition and failure to maintain directional control during landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified; cases with it: [Cessna 182, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified; cases with it: [Cessna 182, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: crosswind correction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 184 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that after making a normal landing in a right crosswind of about 18 knots, the airplane ground looped to the right. The airplane sustained substantial damage as a result of its left wing impacting the runway's surface.

## Factual narrative

The pilot stated that after making a normal landing in a right crosswind of about 18 knots, the airplane ground looped to the right. The airplane sustained substantial damage as a result of its left wing impacting the runway's surface.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5407B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5407B), registered now, S/N 33407 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33407
- Engines: Teledyne Continental O-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David H Call
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LVK, Livermore, CA
- Destination: LVK, Livermore, CA
- Airport: LVK, Livermore Municipal Airport, runway 25R, 5,253 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; flight hours: 8,151 total, 183 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 13 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

## 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 20080213010429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080213010429A), Feb 13, 2008: Cessna 182, Livermore, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was landing on runway 25R at Livermore, the winds were from the north at 20 mph gusting to 30 mph. During roll out the aircraft ground looped…

## Other investigations on N5407B (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 ANC24LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA096), Sep 14, 2024: Cessna 182 (N5407B), Buckland, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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