- Date
- January 16, 1996, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Covington, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3098QCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960116044199A
- Case key
- 19746
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Probable cause
the pilot's delayed touchdown which resulted in a landing with inadequate runway remaining under the wet runway condition. A factor was the wet grass runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot landed midfield on the 2,800-foot grass runway to 'avoid mud at the approach end of the runway.' Following touchdown, the airplane rolled approximately 500 feet before the pilot applied braking; however, the grass was wet and the airplane went off the end of the runway.
Factual narrative
On January 16, 1996, at 0900 central standard time, a Cessna 182K, N3098Q, collided with trees during the landing roll near Covington, Louisiana. The private pilot was not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was being operated by the owner/pilot as a personal flight under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight and a flight plan was not filed.
On the Pilot/Operator report the pilot stated that he landed the airplane midfield (grass runway 2,800 feet long) at the Covington/Vincent private airstrip "to avoid mud at the approach end of the runway." Following touchdown, the airplane rolled approximately 500 feet before the pilot applied braking; however, the grass was wet and the airplane "hydroplaned off the end of the runway." The propeller, nose wheel, and wings were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3098Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258098
- Airframe hours
- 2,265
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony F. Albright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1996 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- PCU · Picayune, MS
- Airport
- LA87 · Covington-Vincent, runway 18, 2,800 × 80 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 401 total · 340 in this make and model · 401 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.