Cessna 182L N42505

Summary

On 26 June 2002 at about 13:00 local time, a Cessna 182L registered N42505 was involved in an accident near Donnelly, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 June 2002 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Donnelly, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Donnelly (U84)

Coordinates

44.7289, -116.0928

Aircraft

Cessna 182L

Registration

N42505

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

McCall → Donnelly

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA02LA112

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's failure to arrest an excessive descent rate during an attempted landing, and his inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. Factors include a high density altitude , and trees near the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot, who had set up a 600 to 700 foot per minute rate of descent in order to practice a "canyon approach" to a high density altitude turf airstrip, failed to add enough power to sufficiently arrest the descent rate prior to touchdown. The aircraft therefore hit the runway hard and bounced back into the air. At that point the pilot added full power and tried to push the nose down against the force of significant nose up trim. During his attempt to maintain control of the aircraft and get it back onto the runway, the airplane drifted to the left and collided with some nearby trees. Soon after the impact, the aircraft caught on fire, and although both occupants were able to escape, the aircraft was destroyed by fire. The density altitude was determined to be approximately 6,000 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.