# Accident 20070714014139A: Cessna 182S, Astoria, OR, July 14, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2007, 21:00 local time
- Place: Astoria, OR
- Airport: Astoria Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.1581° N, 123.8786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1581&lon=-123.8786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233KS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N233KS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182S (registry code 2072701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1A (registry code 41818, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 519 total, 500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070714014139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE HAD FLOWN 3.5 HOURS IFR FROM CALIFORNIA TO ASTORIA, OREGON. HE WAS CLEARED SOME DISTANCE OUT AND FLEW THE VOR RWY 8 APPROACH, AND BECAME VISUAL DESCENDING THROUGH 8000'. HE ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 26. WIND WAS 210 AT 7. THE AIRPLANE WAS LIGHT WITH THE PILOT'S MINIMAL BAGGAGE AND AN HOUR'S FUEL REMAINING. HE SLIPPED TO THE RUNWAY AND WAS USING FULL FLAPS. SHOWERS HAD MOVED THROUGH THE AREA RECENTLY. AS HE TOUCHED DOWN THE WIND PICKED UP HIS LEFT WING AND MOVED THE NOSE TWENTY DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND RAISED THE NOSE FOR A GO-AROUND, AND LEFT THE RUNWAY AT AXIS APPROXIMATELY 40 DEGREES FROM THE RUNWAY HEADING, WHILE THE FUSELAGE CONTINUED IN A RIGHT TURN TO ABOUT 060 DEGREES, TRAVELING FIRST ON THE WET RUNWAY, THE SIX INCH WET GRASS FOR ABOUT 100 FEET AND THEN ENTERED THE TALLER GRASS AND BRAMBLES, WHERE THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TOOK A BITE AND FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE ALONG WITH THE NOSE GEAR. ALSO DAMAGED WERE THE LEFT WING, ELEVATOR AND PROPELLER. NO INJURY.

## 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 SEA07CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA197), Jul 15, 2007: Cessna 182S (N233KS), Astoria, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare/touchdown, resulting in an inadvertent swerve and collapse of the left main and nose landing gears.

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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