- Date
- June 15, 1983, 06:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ryegrass Pass, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2762QCessna 185 FII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39711
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Analysis
The acft collided with sagebrush and groundlooped while landing on an abandoned country road. The weather was VMC. The acft was damaged but the pilot was not injured. According to the pilot gusting winds caused him to contact the sage brush and ground loop into a dirt bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2762Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185 FII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503529
- Airframe hours
- 876
- Engine
- Continental 10-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John C. Courtwright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MWH · Moses Lake, WA
- Destination
- Ryegrass, WA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,592 total · 1,314 in this make and model · 2,311 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 54 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EPH