What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On January 18, 2010, at approximately 1700, Cessna 182 operated by the us department of the interior, as a public use aircraft, departed newport, OR (konp) enroute to corvallis (kcvo). The aircraft crashed into heavily wooded, mountainous terrain approximately 8.5 miles west of corvallis. The right wing, broken off at spar attach points, with lift strut, broken off at the lower strut attach point was resting inverted in what appeared to be the lowest portion of the debris field. 35 feet uphill from the right wing, the left wing was resting inverted, displaying deep leading edge impact damage approximately 18 inches from the root, approximately 18 to 20 inches deep. The outboard 8 feet of the left wing was broken off, laying approximately 15 feet to the east of the rest of the wing. The empennage was suspended in a tree, approximately 100 ft above the surface, above the left wing. 20 ft uphill from the left wing, the aft portion of the cabin and portions of the cabin roof, came to rest. The front seats, the instrument panel and firewall were sitting in an upright position facing the opposite direction of apparent impact heading, 30 feet uphill from the aft cabin. The initial impact scar of the engine and was approximately 30 ft uphill from the forward cabin, breaking away from the engine mount at this point. The engine then bounced approximately 25 ft to the right, and slightly down hill, coming to rest inverted. The propeller was imp ailed, tip first, in the base of a tree 10 feet uphill from the engine. The propeller, with the spinner still attached and there was no tip curling or torsional twisting damage noted . This aircraft was operating as a public use aircraft and the investigation is being conducted by the NTSB and us department of interior.
As the FAA filed it
ON JANUARY 18, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700, CESSNA 182 OPERATED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, AS A PUBLIC USE AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED NEWPORT, OR (KONP) ENROUTE TO CORVALLIS (KCVO). THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO HEAVILY WOODED, MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 8.5 MILES WEST OF CORVALLIS. THE RIGHT WING, BROKEN OFF AT SPAR ATTACH POINTS, WITH LIFT STRUT, BROKEN OFF AT THE LOWER STRUT ATTACH POINT WAS RESTING INVERTED IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE DEBRIS FIELD. 35 FEET UPHILL FROM THE RIGHT WING, THE LEFT WING WAS RESTING INVERTED, DISPLAYING DEEP LEADING EDGE IMPACT DAMAGE APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES FROM THE ROOT, APPROXIMATELY 18 TO 20 INCHES DEEP. THE OUTBOARD 8 FEET OF THE LEFT WING WAS BROKEN OFF, LAYING APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET TO THE EAST OF THE REST OF THE WING. THE EMPENNAGE WAS SUSPENDED IN A TREE, APPROXIMATELY 100 FT ABOVE THE SURFACE, ABOVE THE LEFT WING. 20 FT UPHILL FROM THE LEFT WING, THE AFT PORTION OF THE CABIN AND PORTIONS OF THE CABIN ROOF, CAME TO REST. THE FRONT SEATS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND FIREWALL WERE SITTING IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF APPARENT IMPACT HEADING, 30 FEET UPHILL FROM THE AFT CABIN. THE INITIAL IMPACT SCAR OF THE ENGINE AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 FT UPHILL FROM THE FORWARD CABIN, BREAKING AWAY FROM THE ENGINE MOUNT AT THIS POINT. THE ENGINE THEN BOUNCED APPROXIMATELY 25 FT TO THE RIGHT, AND SLIGHTLY DOWN HILL, COMING TO REST INVERTED. THE PROPELLER WAS IMP AILED, TIP FIRST, IN THE BASE OF A TREE 10 FEET UPHILL FROM THE ENGINE. THE PROPELLER, WITH THE SPINNER STILL ATTACHED AND THERE WAS NO TIP CURLING OR TORSIONAL TWISTING DAMAGE NOTED . THIS AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING AS A PUBLIC USE AIRCRAFT AND THE INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE NTSB AND US DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.