# NTSB SEA83LA124: Cessna 185 FII, N2762Q, Ryegrass Pass, WA, June 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 15, 1983, 06:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Ryegrass Pass, WA
- Coordinates: 46.969646, -120.470298 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9696&lon=-120.4703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39711
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39711/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA124

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185 FII
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18503529
- Airframe hours: 876
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 54; 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

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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