# NTSB SEA03LA083: Cessna 182J, N3450F, Payette, ID, May 17, 2003 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 17, 2003, 11:20 local (17:20 UTC) - Place: Payette, ID - Coordinates: 44.094165, -116.903892 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0942&lon=-116.9039&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 30, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 57009 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA03LA083 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57009/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA083 ## Probable cause The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll resulting in the aircraft departing the runway environment, collapsing the nose gear and nosing over. Contributing factors were the pilot-in-command's failure to execute a go around maneuver, the gusty crosswind conditions and the soft 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 - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor) - Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis The pilot entered the pattern and set up for an approach and landing on runway 31, a 3,000 foot long by 50 foot wide asphalt runway. Winds at a nearby airport were reported as 240 degrees magnetic at 11 knots gusting to 16 knots. The aircraft touched down close to the threshold/right side of the runway and immediately began drifting right. The aircraft then left the runway surface but tracked parallel to the runway on sandy soil along the runway's northeast edge impacting a runway light. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft nosed over. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction with the aircraft and later reported that he should have made a go around decision when the aircraft began drifting right. ## Factual narrative On May 17, 2003, approximately 1120 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182J, N3450F, registered to and being flown by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during a loss of control, nose gear collapse and subsequent nose over, while landing on runway 31, at the Payette Municipal airport, Payette, Idaho. The pilot and pilot rated passenger were uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was personal, was operated under 14CFR91, and originated from Cascade, Idaho, approximately 1045. The pilot reported to an FAA inspector that the aircraft touched down close to the threshold/right side of the 3,000-foot long by 50-foot wide runway and the aircraft immediately began drifting right. The aircraft left the runway surface but tracked parallel to the runway on sandy soil along the runway's northeast edge. As the aircraft decelerated over about 1,000 feet of roll the nose wheel dug in and eventually folded aft, and the aircraft nosed over. During the landing roll the aircraft also impacted a runway light. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction with the aircraft, and winds at Ontario, Oregon, shortly after the accident and located approximately 7 nautical miles south-southwest were reported from 240 degrees magnetic at 11 knots gusting to 16 knots. The pilot later reported (refer to attached NTSB Form 6120.1) that he "...should have made a go around decision when [the] airplane started to drift toward the right edge of [the] runway...." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3450F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3450F), registered now, S/N 18257450, 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: 18257450 - Airframe hours: 2649 - Engines: Continental O-470-R25B 235 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Tucker, James W. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 4, 2003, 4 hours before - Departed: U70, Cascade, ID - Destination: S75, Payette, ID - Airport: S75, Payette Municipal, runway 31, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review June 25, 2002; seat: right; flight hours: 348 total, 284 in this make and model, 348 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days - Other flight crew; age 65; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review September 15, 2002; seat: left; flight hours: 134 total, 78 in this make and model, 134 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 240° at 11 knots, gusting 16 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 6,500 ft broken - Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 21 °F - Altimeter: 30.13 inHg - Observed at: ONO, 7 nm away ## 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 20030517008079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030517008079A), May 17, 2003: Cessna 182J, Payette, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot lost control on landing. Aircraft went off runway and nosed 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. --- 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.