20141212022279I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182N · Friday Harbor, WA · December 12, 2014

Date
December 12, 2014 · 12:50 local
Place
Friday Harbor, WA
Airport
Friday Harbor
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9079G
Reported as
Cessna 182N
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total550 in this make and model12 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.

On rollout after landing, PIC attempted to exit the runway so trailing aircraft would not have to go around. Speed and surface conditions (wet) caused aircraft to skid off the hard surface surface and into the grass. The aircraft landing gear sank into the soft turf allowing the propeller tips to impact the turf causing minor damage to the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

ON ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING, PIC ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY SO TRAILING AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO AROUND. SPEED AND SURFACE CONDITIONS (WET) CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO SKID OFF THE HARD SURFACE SURFACE AND INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SANK INTO THE SOFT TURF ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TIPS TO IMPACT THE TURF CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.