# Accident 20080610836339A: Cessna 182, Cottage Grove, OR, June 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2008, 11:30 local time
- Place: Cottage Grove, OR
- Airport: Cottage Grove State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7997° N, 123.0289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7997&lon=-123.0289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N182RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080610836339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED CRESWELL HOBBY FIELD (77S) TO THE SOUTH WITH THE INTENTION OF DOING STOP AND GO LANDING AT COTTAGE GROVE STATE (61S). PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON SHORT FINAL ABOUT TEN TO FIFTEEN FEET ABOVE THE THRESHOLD, AT ABOUT SIXTY KNOTS, THE AIRCRAFT QUIT FLYING. HE DID NOT HEAR THE STALL WARNING HORN. THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD ON THE NOSE, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. AFTER SLIDING ON THE NOSE FOR APPROXIMATELY 66 FEET THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON THE LOGINTUDINAL AXIS AND CAME TO REST. WIND WAS ABOUT NINE KNOTS, VARIBLE OOUT OF THE SOUTHWEST.

## 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 LAX08CA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA174), Jun 10, 2008: Cessna 182 (N182RA), Cottage Grove, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged landing flare.

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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