- Date
- May 9, 1982, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- N.W. Of Copalis, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5045RCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71817
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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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - sand barFactor
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Analysis
During the landing roll the pilot applied brakes and the tailwheel equipped aircraft nosed over. The runway surface is characterized as hard/damp sand due to its proximity to the ocean and is periodically submerged during high tide conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5045R
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502987
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vernon T. Holand
- Registered owner
- Holand Enterprises, Inc.
- Departed
- 14S · Westport, WA
- Destination
- S16 · Copalis Bch, WA
- Airport
- S16 · Copalis State, runway 33, 5,000 × 150 ft
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 480 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 120 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HQM, 13 nm away