# Accident 20181027020949A: Cessna 182G, Harney County, OR, October 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2018, 08:15 local time
- Place: Harney County, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3325° N, 118.3158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3325&lon=-118.3158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3267S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3267S-2020-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 447 total, 191 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181027020949A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED AS A GROUP OF THREE (C172 AND A CHEROKEE) FROM KEUL AT 13:45Z, DIRECT TO ALVORD DESERT DRY LAKE, THEN PLAN TO E85, RETURN TO KEUL.  APPROACHED THE TYPICAL LANDING AREA NEAR ALVORD HOT SPRINGS FROM THE NORTH EAST DESCENDING FROM 6,000', TO 4,500' IN FRONT OF ACCOMPANYING AIRCRAFT.  OBSERVED THE LANDING AREA 2 TIMES, CHECKING WINDS FROM AUTO DUST FROM TRAFFIC ON THE DRY, FLAT, FIRM LAKE BED. NO WIND OBSERVED. THIRD OBSERVATION AREA WAS MADE UPON ENTERING A DOWNWIND, BASE AND FINAL AFTER OBSERVING ACCOMPANYING PLANES LAND IN SAME AREA PRIOR TO N3267S LANDING THIRD.  A NORMAL STRAIGHT APPROACH WAS MADE USING FULL FLAPS AND PULLING BACK TO IDLE JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.  ON ROLL OUT, THE LEFT WING BEGAN TO SETTLE.  APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO "TURN INTO" THE DIPPED LEFT WING, APPLIED RIGHT AILERON HOPING THAT WOULD CORRECT THE WING DESCENT, BUT TO NO AVAIL.  RIGHT WING TOUCHED GROUND, NEXT THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE PLANE VERY SOON CAME A STOP.  THE PLANE DID TIP UP FROM THE REAR JUST BEFORE SETTLING TO A STOP WHICH IS ASSUME DUE TO THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSE AND ROLLING UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT DOES NOT RECALL ANY ABNORMAL NOISES OTHER THAN WHEN THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. NOSE WHEEL AND LEFT MAIN (SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT) WERE FOUND UNDER RIGHT REAR FUSELAGE JUST BEHIND RIGHT WING.

## 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 WPR19LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA020), Oct 27, 2018: Cessna 182 (N3267S), Burns, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear due to fatigue cracking of a bolt that initiated at a corrosion pit, which formed in the absence of a required protective cadmium coating.

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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