- Date
- June 15, 2002, 08:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Yellow Pine, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4725NCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020615015319A
- Case key
- 54963
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Probable cause
Compensation for wind conditions inadequate during the approach for landing. A downdraft was a factor.
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 private pilot reported that while on short final to runway 17, at an altitude of approximately 50-75 feet above ground level (AGL), the airplane encountered a sudden and "severe" downdraft. The pilot applied full power and up-elevator, however, the airplane continued to descend and subsequently landed hard on the turf runway. During the hard landing, the left main gear and nose gear collapsed. The pilot stated that he hadn't experienced any mechanical difficulties or malfunctions that may have contributed to the accident.
Factual narrative
On June 15, 2002, about 0850 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N4725N, sustained substantial damage during landing at Johnson Creek Airport (3U2), near Yellow Pine, Idaho. The airplane is registered to the pilot, and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal/pleasure flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight. The flight originated from Anaconda, Montana, approximately 1 hour and twenty minutes prior to the accident.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board on June 17, the pilot reported that while on short final to runway 17, at an altitude of approximately 50-75 feet above ground level (AGL), the airplane encountered a sudden and "severe" downdraft. The pilot applied full power and up-elevator, however, the airplane continued to descend and subsequently landed hard on the turf runway. During the hard landing, the left main gear and nose gear collapsed.
The pilot stated that he hadn't experienced any mechanical difficulties or malfunctions that may have contributed to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4725N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267214
- Airframe hours
- 1,122
- Engine
- Continental IO-520 D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James B. Strang
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2002 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 3U3 · Anaconda, MT
- Destination
- 3U2 · Yellow Pine, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3U2 · Johnson Creek, runway 17, 3,400 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- August 12, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,044 total · 338 in this make and model · 901 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KMYL, 26 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 7, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 336 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.