Cessna 182 N5056D

Summary

On 31 May 1982 at about 21:20 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N5056D, operated by Charlie Roeschen, was involved in an accident near Truckee, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 May 1982 at 21:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Truckee, California, United States

Nearest airport

Truckee-Tahoe (TRR)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N5056D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Charlie Roeschen

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Truckee → Truckee

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FXQ09

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT HAD RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AFTER A GLIDER TOWING OPERATION OF ABOUT 10 MINUTES. RUNWAY 19 WAS IN USE. REPORTEDLY, THE TERRAIN TO THE NORTH OF RUNWAY 19 WAS ABOUT 100 FT LOWER THAN THE AIRPORT ELEVATION. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT HE HEARD THE SOUND OF FULL POWER APPLICATION AND THEN OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A STEEP CLIMB COMING BACK UP TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN OBSERVED TO TURN LEFT AND CRASH INTO TREES ON A STEEP SLOPE. THE MAGNETIC DIRECTION OF IMPACT WAS ABOUT 120 DEGREES. REPORTEDLY, THE PILOT HAD BEEN COUNSELED AFTER HIS PREVIOUS FLIGHT THAT HIS LANDING APPROACH WAS TOO LOW. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 7100 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.