20040114000629A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185 · Deer Park, WA · January 14, 2004

Date: January 14, 2004 · 10:30 local
Place: Deer Park, WA
Airport: Deer Park Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N185WB
NTSB investigation: NTSBSEA04LA034
Reported as: Cessna 185
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,150 total4 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N185WBRegistered now · Cessna 185S/N 18504105 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 185 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot-in-command and his instructor were practicing landings on this dual instructional flight at the Deer Park Airport. The final landing attempted was a no flap wheel landing. After touch down the aircraft swerved to the left and the pilot over-compensated to the right. The aircraft subsequently experienced several additional correctional swerves and then departed the runway off the right side at about a thirty degree angle. At the edge of the runway the aircraft hit a snow berm that was approximately thirty inches high. The aircraft flipped over, end over end, and came to rest on the snow upside down, tail first in the infield between the runway and taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING LANDINGS ON THIS DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AT THE DEER PARK AIRPORT. THE FINAL LANDING ATTEMPTED WAS A NO FLAP WHEEL LANDING. AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT OVER-COMPENSATED TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONAL SWERVES AND THEN DEPARTED THE RUNWAY OFF THE RIGHT SIDE AT ABOUT A THIRTY DEGREE ANGLE. AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SNOW BERM THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY THIRTY INCHES HIGH. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER, END OVER END, AND CAME TO REST ON THE SNOW UPSIDE DOWN, TAIL FIRST IN THE INFIELD BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB SEA04LA034Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDeer Park, WAThe dual student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll and the failure of the flight instructor to provide remedial action. A factor was snowbank.Jan 14, 2004 · Substantial damage