# Accident 19990718009159A: Cessna 182A, Silverdale, WA, July 18, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1999, 10:26 local time
- Place: Silverdale, WA
- Airport: Apex Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6697° N, 122.7198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6697&lon=-122.7198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3900D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3900D-2002-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990718009159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT LANDED HSORT AND BOUNCED INTO PARKED ACFT (N2024D), DAMAGE TO N2024D WAS SUBSTANTIAL. (-23)THE PILOT WAS LANDING THE A/C ON RUNWAY 35, A/C TOUCH DOWN APPROX. 90 FEET SHORT OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND A/C VEERED TO THE RIGHT, PILOT REDUCED POWER. A/C ROLLED APPROX. SIXTY FEET AND BECAME AIRBORNE AT WHICH TIME (THRU WITNESS REPORTS) THAT PILOT APPLIED POWER AND A/C BECAME AIRBORNE. A/C TOUCH DOWN IN A GRASSY STRIP BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY A/C PILOT REDUCED POWER AND A/C CONTINUED TO ROLLOUT. THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH WITNESSES THEY HEARD THE A/C POWER UP AND PLANE BECAME AIRBORNE. A/C CONTINUED FLIGHT GAINING ALTITUDE AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK BRANCHES IN CEDAR TREE, A/C CONTINUED AND HIT A BE-35-C35 BEECH BONANZA WHICH WAS PARKED APPROX. 40 FEET NORTH EAST OF THE CEDAR TREE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA99LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA121), Jul 18, 1999: Cessna 182A (N3900D), Silverdale, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's misjudgment of distance/altitude (undershoot) on final, and his failure to maintain directional control during the aborted landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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