# NTSB SEA01LA090: Cessna 182P, N8188G, Salmon, ID, May 12, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 11, 2001, 18:25 local (May 12, 2001, 00:25 UTC)
- Place: Salmon, ID
- Coordinates: 44.999698, -113.860839 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9997&lon=-113.8608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 6, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Boise - FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 52258
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA01LA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52258/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA090

## Probable cause

Loss of aircraft control while landing.  Factors include soft/muddy terrain.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - muddy (contributing factor)
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The private pilot was landing on a  dry, paved runway.  During the landing roll the airplane began to drift right of centerline.  The pilot was not able to correct the situation and the airplane departed the right side of the runway.  The airplane encountered soft/muddy terrain and nosed over resulting in substantial damage.  No mechanical difficulties or failures were reported.

## Factual narrative

On May 11, 2001, about 1825 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N8188G, sustained substantial damage during the landing roll at Lemhi County Airport, Salmon, Idaho.  The airplane is owned and operated by the pilot, and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal/pleasure flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred.  The private pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight.  The flight originated from Salmon approximately one hour prior to the accident.

During a telephone interview with the National Transportation Safety Board on May 14, the pilot stated that the airplane touched down on the centerline of runway 17.  He reported that shortly after touchdown, the airplane began to drift right of centerline.  He stated that he applied corrective actions in an effort to correct the situation, however, the airplane departed the right side of the runway.  After departing the right side of the runway, the airplane encountered soft, muddy terrain and nosed over.  The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing.  No mechanical failures were reported.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8188G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8188G-2014-12-22), registration cancelled 2014-12-22, S/N 18263340, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263340
- Airframe hours: 5061
- Engines: Continental O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: George W. Lusher
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 10, 2000, 12 hours before
- Departed: SMN, SALMON, ID
- Destination: SMN
- Airport: SMN, Lemhi County, runway 17, 5,150 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review June 3, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 326 total, 281 in this make and model, 270 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 2° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SMN

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20010511009949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010511009949A), May 11, 2001: Cessna 182P, Salmon, ID, No damage. (-23)Upon touchdown to runway 17 the aircraft veered right and went off the runway, the nose wheel sunk down into soft soil and the aircraft flipped over.

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.

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