Plane Crash List

Cessna 182P N58518

4 June 2007 · Aurora, Oregon, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 June 2007 at about 00:30 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N58518, operated by Tim Blackwood, was involved in an accident near Aurora, Oregon, United States. 4 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.

The record

Date
at 00:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Aurora, Oregon, United States
Nearest airport
Aurora State Airport (KAUO)
Coordinates
45.2497, -122.7722
Aircraft
Cessna 182P
Registration
N58518
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Tim Blackwood
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Vancouver → Albany
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA07CA150

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged flare during landing, and his improper recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in collision with the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

In a written statement, the pilot reported that he was returning to Vancouver, Washington, after a go-around at Albany, Oregon, due to a "problem with flaps." The pilot changed his mind en route, and decided to land at Aurora, Oregon, because of the longer and wider runway. The pilot chose to land on runway 17, with the ASOS reporting winds from 240 degrees at 6 knots. The pilot flew a normal approach and "felt good." The airplane bounced on landing and the pilot "gave it some gas to smooth [the] touchdown and then pulled [the] throttle back." The airplane contacted the ground again and bounced even higher. The pilot couldn't remember exactly what happened next, but supposed "we caught a gust of wind which lifted us out of ground effect." The airplane "dropped hard" from the second bounce, resulting in a bent firewall and the propeller striking the runway. After rollout, the pilot taxied the airplane off of the runway to the parking area. In the 15 minutes following the accident, the ASOS reported no wind gusts.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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