Cessna 182P N58677

Summary

On 1 January 2013 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N58677, operated by Pacific Aviation Northwest Inc, was involved in an accident near Chiloquin, Oregon, 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

1 January 2013 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Chiloquin, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Chiloquin State Airport (2S7)

Coordinates

42.5744, -121.8739

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N58677

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Pacific Aviation Northwest Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grants Pass → Chiloquin

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR13CA079

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor’s failure to maintain airplane control during a landing on a snow-covered runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After the private pilot and flight instructor conducted a low pass over a snow-covered runway, the private pilot proposed returning to their home airport. However, the flight instructor elected to demonstrate a soft field touch-and-go landing on the snow-covered runway before the return flight. When the airplane touched down, the snow was deeper than the flight instructor anticipated, and the airplane slowed faster than he expected. The pilots added full power and increased back pressure on the control yoke; however, the airplane pitched forward on its nosewheel and then rolled right and left, striking both wings and substantially damaging both main wing spars. The pilots reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.