# Accident 20020615015319A: Cessna 182Q, Yellow Pine, ID, June 15, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2002, 08:55 local time
- Place: Yellow Pine, ID
- Airport: Johnson Creek Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9000° N, 115.4833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9000&lon=-115.4833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4725N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020615015319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED ANACONDA, MT (3U3) AT 0700 MDT ON A VFR FLIGHT TO JOHNSON CREEK AIRPORT, ID (3U2). WHILE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AT JOHNSON CREEK APT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A SEVERE DOWN DRAFT JUST SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND VERY HARD CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR, THE PROPELLER, THE FUSELAGE AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## 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 SEA02LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA101), Jun 15, 2002: Cessna 182Q (N4725N), Yellow Pine, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: Compensation for wind conditions inadequate during the approach for landing. A downdraft was a factor.

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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