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FAA accident report · Cessna 182Q · Cashmere, WA · June 28, 2007

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Date
June 28, 2007 · 19:09 local
Place
Cashmere, WA
Airport
Cashmere-Dryden
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N735KP
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA07FA189
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
940 total776 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N735KPRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2007 · Cessna 182QS/N 18265487 · Built 1977Airframe modelCessna 182QEngine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) A witness observed the aircraft overfly the Cashmere airport and enter left traffic for landing on runway 25. The aircraft struck a tree approximately 700 feet from the approach end of the runway. The tree is 50 to 75 feet south of the extended centerline of the runway. The tree is approximately 55 feet tall and the aircraft's left wing impacted the tree about ten feet down from the top. The left wing shows impact damage with tree limbs embedded in the leading edge of the wing near the wing tip. The aircraft then collided with a construction pickup truck parked in the Cashmere high school parking lot. The aircraft came to rest 10 feet from the pickup truck and approximately 75 feet from the tree. The aircraft was consumed by fire. The pilot was fatally injured. The pilot's privacy data omitted family indicated that he was flying home to seattle but had intentions to land at wenatchee or Cashmere if the weather did not allow him to get to seattle. Witnesses said there were clouds along the cascade crest but the weather was good at the airport with 10 to 15 miles per hour winds from the west.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT OVERFLY THE CASHMERE AIRPORT AND ENTER LEFT TRAFFIC FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 25. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE TREE IS 50 TO 75 FEET SOUTH OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE TREE IS APPROXIMATELY 55 FEET TALL AND THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING IMPACTED THE TREE ABOUT TEN FEET DOWN FROM THE TOP. THE LEFT WING SHOWS IMPACT DAMAGE WITH TREE LIMBS EMBEDDED IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING NEAR THE WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT THEN COLLIDED WITH A CONSTRUCTION PICKUP TRUCK PARKED IN THE CASHMERE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 10 FEET FROM THE PICKUP TRUCK AND APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET FROM THE TREE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAMILY INDICATED THAT HE WAS FLYING HOME TO SEATTLE BUT HAD INTENTIONS TO LAND AT WENATCHEE OR CASHMERE IF THE WEATHER DID NOT ALLOW HIM TO GET TO SEATTLE. WITNESSES SAID THERE WERE CLOUDS ALONG THE CASCADE CREST BUT THE WEATHER WAS GOOD AT THE AIRPORT WITH 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR WINDS FROM THE WEST.

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 SEA07FA189Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCashmere, WAThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees while on final approach. A contributing factor was the sun glare.Jun 29, 2007 · Substantial damage