- Date
- June 25, 2006, 14:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place
- Center Island, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2476QCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060625022299A
- Case key
- 63981
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Probable cause
Distance/speed misjudged by the pilot during landing. Rough uneven terrain 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 pilot reported that he "encountered some updraft on short final and wind shear below tree level approaching [the] touchdown end of airstrip." He reported that the airplane touched down approximately 1/3 of the way down the grass/gravel runway and that he experienced "poor" braking and traction. The pilot reported that the airplane continued to slow; however, eventually overran the end of the runway. After exiting the runway, the airplane encountered rough uneven terrain and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On June 25, 2006, approximately 1425 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 182K, N2476Q, sustained substantial damage following a runway overrun and subsequent nose over at the Center Island Airport, Center Island, Washington. The private pilot, the owner and operator of the airplane, and the one passenger aboard were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane departed from Roche Harbor, Washington, approximately 7 minutes prior to the accident. No flight plan was filed for the flight. The pilot's intended destination was Center Island.
In a written statement dated June 26, 2006, the pilot reported that he "encountered some updraft on short final and wind shear below tree level approaching [the] touchdown end of airstrip." He reported that the airplane touched down approximately 1/3 of the way down the grass/gravel runway and that he experienced "poor" braking and traction. The pilot reported that the airplane continued to slow, however eventually overran the end of the runway. After exiting the runway, the airplane encountered rough uneven terrain and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2476Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257676
- Engine
- Continental O-470, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brian K. Witt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- WA50 · Roche Harbor, WA
- Destination
- 78WA · Center Island, WA
- Airport
- 78WA · Center Island, runway 17, gravel
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
- 52
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 1,319 total · 939 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2476Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.