# Accident 20100117026159A: Cessna 182R, Philomath, OR, January 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2010, 17:00 local time
- Place: Philomath, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5625° N, 123.4472° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5625&lon=-123.4472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N702-2010-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10GA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10GA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100117026159A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR10GA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10GA113), Jan 18, 2010: Cessna 182R (N702), Corvallis, OR, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain while operating into a known area of mountain obscuration due to low clouds, precipitation, and mist.

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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