Cessna 182P N1316S

Summary

On 23 August 2004 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N1316S was involved in an accident near Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 August 2004 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Stark's Twin Oaks Airpark (7S3)

Coordinates

45.4283, -122.9422

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N1316S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Baker City → Hillsboro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA04CA171

2 people had minor injuries.

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft directional control during landing roll. A contributing factor was the right-quartering tail wind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was returning from a cross-country flight and was attempting to land on runway 2 with a right-rear quartering tailwind (he said the wind was out of the south at 10 to 15 knots). He landed with full flaps, and "felt all 3 wheels touch the asphalt." The pilot said the airplane yawed to the right and he corrected the movement with left rudder. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway, into the grass, and nosed over. A witness said that the airplane "looked too high and too fast" on final. He said the airplane was lined up on the centerline, close to the numbers, but too fast. The witness said that "it looked like the mains never touched the asphalt." He said that the airplane came steady left with no corrections. "It was still floating when it got off the runway, the mains didn't touch until the grass, then it nosed up and over toward the right wing, the nose plowed through the dirt." The airplane's vertical stabilizer and rudder were bent 45 degrees, and both wings were bent and wrinkled. Runway 2 has a 1.5 degree upslope grade; the runway is approved to land in either direction.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.