Cessna 182J N3450F

Summary

On 17 May 2003 at about 17:20 local time, a Cessna 182J registered N3450F was involved in an accident near Payette, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 May 2003 at 17:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Payette, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Payette Municipal (S75)

Coordinates

44.0942, -116.9039

Aircraft

Cessna 182J

Registration

N3450F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cascade → Payette

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA03LA083

Nobody was injured.

The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll resulting in the aircraft departing the runway environment, collapsing the nose gear and nosing over. Contributing factors were the pilot-in-command's failure to execute a go around maneuver, the gusty crosswind conditions and the soft terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot entered the pattern and set up for an approach and landing on runway 31, a 3,000 foot long by 50 foot wide asphalt runway. Winds at a nearby airport were reported as 240 degrees magnetic at 11 knots gusting to 16 knots. The aircraft touched down close to the threshold/right side of the runway and immediately began drifting right. The aircraft then left the runway surface but tracked parallel to the runway on sandy soil along the runway's northeast edge impacting a runway light. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft nosed over. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction with the aircraft and later reported that he should have made a go around decision when the aircraft began drifting right.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.