# Accident 20080617838979A: Cessna T182T, Point Roberts, WA, June 17, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Place: Point Roberts, WA
- Airport: Point Roberts Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9797° N, 123.0789° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9797&lon=-123.0789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2413M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2413M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A (registry code 42005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ak1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 201 total, 201 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080617838979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 17, 2008 AT 1400, POINT ROBERTS, WA, CESSNA T182T, N2413M, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34 WITH GUSTY AND SHIFTING WINDS AND UPON APPROACH TO RUNWAY, THE WINDS SHIFTED TO A TAILWIND.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT WHEN HE NOTICED AN INCREASE OF GROUND SPEED VERUS AIRSPEED AND ELECTED TO GO-AROUND.  DURING THE GO-AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A STALL CONDITION AND THE PILOT CORRECTED FOR IT BY LOWERING THE NOSE.  WITH THIS ACTION, THE PILOT HIT SOME 110 FT TREES AND LOST ALTITUDE AND ATTEMPTED TO GET AIRCRAFT OUT OVER THE WATER TO SET UP FOR ANOTHER LANDING.  PILOT LANDS SAFELY AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, ENGINE COWLING, WHEEL FAIRINGS, WING STRUTS, 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 SEA08CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA151), Jun 17, 2008: Cessna T182T (N2413M), Point Roberts, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees during a go-around. Contributing to the accident were the pilot inadvertently allowing the airplane to porpoise during the landing flare, and the…

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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