# NTSB SEA82DA073: Cessna 182QII, N94329, Cove, OR, May 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 20, 1982, 05:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Cove, OR
- Coordinates: 45.350498, -117.839881 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3505&lon=-117.8399&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70362
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70362/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED HEAVY AND WAS NOT QUITE STRAIGHT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND BUT THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED A FENCE AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94329](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94329-2013-05-22), registration cancelled 2013-05-22, S/N 18266411, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182QII
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266411
- Airframe hours: 1156
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gary L Holmes
- Registered owner: Gary L Holmes
- Departed: 4S3, JOSEPH, OR
- Destination: 7OR0, COVE, OR
- Airport: 70R0, Minam Lodge, runway 33, 3,000 × 50 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 92 total, 6 in this make and model, 56 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Temperature: 95 °F

## 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 19820520017589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820520017589A), May 20, 1982: Cessna 182Q, Cove, OR, Substantial damage. Bounced landing, ran off runway through a ditch. Began goaround. Nose wheel hit fence, flipped airplane 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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