# NTSB LAX08CA225: Cessna 182J, N300DF, Metaline Falls, WA, July 9, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 9, 2008, 11:15 local (18:15 UTC) - Place: Metaline Falls, WA - Coordinates: 48.840831, -117.283889 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8408&lon=-117.2839&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 28, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 68427 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX08CA225 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68427/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA225 ## Probable cause The pilot's misjudged altitude and distance, which resulted in the airplane's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and a landing overrun. Contributing to the accident were trees and the short runway. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Airport facilities/design: runway/landing area length](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017037): Environmental issues › Operating environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017037/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 34 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017037/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Terrain: water](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified; cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021020/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 97 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021020/cases.md) - [Airport facilities/design](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017000): Environmental issues › Operating environment · Not specified; cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017000/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 52 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that upon arriving at his intended destination he noted that the winds were light and variable but appeared to favor landing toward the lake on runway 16. Trees were located near the approach end of the 1,765-foot-long turf runway, and the pilot stated that he landed "longer than usual." Despite application of brakes, the pilot stated that he was unable to stop before reaching the end of the runway. The airplane went down an embankment and into the lake that is adjacent to the runway's departure end. The airplane came to rest partially submerged. When the airplane was subsequently extracted from the water the firewall was found bent. The pilot made no allegation of having experienced any mechanical malfunction with his airplane during the accident flight. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that upon arriving at his intended destination he noted that the winds were light and variable but appeared to favor landing toward the lake on runway 16. Trees were located near the approach end of the 1,765-foot-long turf runway, and the pilot stated he landed "longer than usual." Despite application of brakes, the pilot stated that he was unable to stop before reaching the end of the runway. The airplane went down an embankment and into the lake that is adjacent to the runway's departure end. The airplane came to rest partially submerged. When the airplane was subsequently extracted from the water the firewall was found bent. The pilot made no allegation of having experienced any mechanical malfunction with his airplane during the accident flight. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N300DF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300DF), registered now, S/N 18257109, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182J - Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (registry code 2072722) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18257109 - Engines: Continental O-470R reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Richard G. LeFrancis, Jr. - Registered owner: Richard G. LeFrancis, Jr. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: COE, Coeur d'Alene, WA - Destination: 09S, Metaline Falls, WA - Airport: 09S, Sullivan Lake State Airport, runway 16, 1,765 × 150 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 354 total, 35 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Incident 20080709840249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080709840249I), Jul 9, 2008: Cessna 182J, Metaline Falls, WA, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] acting PIC of N300DF departed (coe) enroute to Sullivan Lake State (09S) when he arrived in the Sullivan Lake State (09S) area he… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.