# Incident 20080709840249I: Cessna 182J, Metaline Falls, WA, July 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2008, 11:12 local time
- Place: Metaline Falls, WA
- Airport: Sullivan Lake State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.8408° N, 117.2839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8408&lon=-117.2839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182J (registry code 2072722, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 358 total, 330 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080709840249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTING PIC OF N300DF DEPARTED (COE) ENROUTE TO SULLIVAN LAKE STATE (09S) WHEN HE ARRIVED IN THE SULLIVAN LAKE STATE (09S) AREA HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND NOTED THE WIND FAVORING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 WHICH RUNS DOWNHILL TOWARD THE LAKE.  HE ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWING AT 80 MPH.  ON BASE HE EXTENDED HIS FLAPS TO FULL AND SET UP FOR A SHORT FIELD APPROACH AND LANDING.  ONCE ESTABLISHED ON FINAL AND CLEAR OF THE TREES HIS AIRSPEED INDICATED 70-75 MPH.  THE PILOT INDICATED HIS LANDING WAS LONG AND LITTLE TOO FAST.  HE DECREASED POWER TO IDLE AND APPLIED BRAKES IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP.  AS THE END OF THE RUNWAY APPROACHED, HE THOUGHT ABOUT ATTEMPTING A GO AROUND.  HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT HE DETERMINED HE WAS TOO SLOW AND DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY REMAINING TO ACHIEVE A SAFE FLYING SPEED.  SO HE HELD THE BRAKES FULL IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP.  HE DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY TOWARD THE BEACH.  THE AIRCRAFT BRIEFLY SKIDDED ACROSS THE BEACH BEFORE ENTERING THE LAKE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN APPROXIMATELY 2-3 FEET OF WATER.  HE AND HIS WIFE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF FUEL OR OIL SPILLAGE.

## 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 LAX08CA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA225), Jul 9, 2008: Cessna 182J (N300DF), Metaline Falls, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged altitude and distance, which resulted in the airplane's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and a landing overrun. Contributing to the accident were trees and the short…

## Other reports on N300DF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810428034629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810428034629I), Apr 28, 1981: Cessna 182J (N300DF), Pensacola, FL. Aircraft taxied into a parked Cessna 172 causing minor damage to the tail of the 172.

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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