20111210029529A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182C · Lowman, ID · December 10, 2011

Date
December 10, 2011 · 10:15 local
Place
Lowman, ID
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N800YD
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12CA060
Reported as
Cessna 182C
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
315 total170 in this make and model5 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.

Pilot attempted landing at a snow-covered unimproved airstrip with no available runway condition information available, with the exception of his own observation of snowmobile tracks. Shortly after touchdown the nose wheel started plowing and the aircraft flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING AT A SNOW-COVERED UNIMPROVED AIRSTRIP WITH NO AVAILABLE RUNWAY CONDITION INFORMATION AVAILABLE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIS OWN OBSERVATION OF SNOWMOBILE TRACKS. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE WHEEL STARTED PLOWING AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.