20081008852079I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T182T · Worland, WY · October 8, 2008

Date
October 8, 2008 · 18:07 local
Place
Worland, WY
Airport
Worland Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N1389B
Reported as
Cessna T182T
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
275 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot privacy data omitted landed his Cessna 182 N1389B on a clearly marked closed runway at Worland, Wyoming. He stated it was an emergency because he "had to pee". He departed missoula, Montana with casper, Wyoming as his intended destination. He had not checked NOTAMS for Worland because he had no intention to land there. He stated that the lights on the bar across the closed runway were not visible until short final, at which point he first realized the runway might be closed. He also had been speaking with the UNICOM operator on the radio, who mentioned the workers and closed taxiways, but never stated the runway was closed. At the time privacy data omitted actually landed, he observed that there no obstructions on the runway itself and deemed that a safe landing could be made.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED HIS CESSNA 182 N1389B ON A CLEARLY MARKED CLOSED RUNWAY AT WORLAND, WYOMING. HE STATED IT WAS AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE HE "HAD TO PEE". HE DEPARTED MISSOULA, MONTANA WITH CASPER, WYOMING AS HIS INTENDED DESTINATION. HE HAD NOT CHECKED NOTAMS FOR WORLAND BECAUSE HE HAD NO INTENTION TO LAND THERE. HE STATED THAT THE LIGHTS ON THE BAR ACROSS THE CLOSED RUNWAY WERE NOT VISIBLE UNTIL SHORT FINAL, AT WHICH POINT HE FIRST REALIZED THE RUNWAY MIGHT BE CLOSED. HE ALSO HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE UNICOM OPERATOR ON THE RADIO, WHO MENTIONED THE WORKERS AND CLOSED TAXIWAYS, BUT NEVER STATED THE RUNWAY WAS CLOSED. AT THE TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTUALLY LANDED, HE OBSERVED THAT THERE NO OBSTRUCTIONS ON THE RUNWAY ITSELF AND DEEMED THAT A SAFE LANDING COULD BE MADE.