# NTSB SEA82DA105: Cessna 182Q, N95540, Spokane, WA, July 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1982, 08:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Location: 47.5207° N, 117.4627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOWLERS NW 40 (12WA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5207&lon=-117.4627&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72671
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72671/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA105

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (cause)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (cause)
  - go-around - not possible, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER CHECKING THE WIND SOCK, AN APPROACH WAS MADE TO THE RUNWAY OVER TREES. REPORTEDLY, THE FIRST APPROACH WAS UNCOMFORTABLE, SO A GO-AROUND WAS MADE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE SECOND APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN WERE NORMAL, BUT THERE WAS A WIND SHIFT AT TOUCHDOWN WHICH WAS OBSERVED BY TWO WITNESSES. REPORTEDLY AFTER LANDING, THE AIRSPEED WAS TOO SLOW FOR A GO-AROUND AND THE GROUND SPEED WAS TOO FAST TO STOP ON THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A DITCH, AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT 8 TO 10 KTS, AND AT TOUCHDOWN, IT SWITCHED FROM A HEADWIND TO A TAILWIND. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 3400 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95540](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95540), registered now, S/N 18266571 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- 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: 18266571
- Airframe hours: 450
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jean M. Davis
- Registered owner: Jean M. Davis
- Departed: PULLMAN, WA
- Destination: SPOKANE, WA
- Airport: 12WA, Fowlers Nw 40

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,768 total, 550 in this make and model, 1,406 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 156 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GEG, 9 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 19820710026629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820710026629A), Jul 10, 1982: Cessna 182Q, Spokane, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot claimed wind shift at toudhdown caused aircraft to overrun runway and flip inverted.

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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