- Date
- November 8, 1983, 14:31 local (22:31 UTC)
- Place
- 4nm W Of Boring, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N53079Cessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831108056559A
- Case key
- 39782
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with 3 major objects, a tree, a house and a motor home during an attempted go-around. The pilot had attempted a landing on a soft short dirt road near his home. The length of the road was 462 ft. he landed 74 ft short ofmarkers at the planned touchdown point. The passenger said it was quickly apparent that they could not stop in time. Thepilot retracted the flaps to 20 degrees and applied full power. The acft left the ground 71 ft before the end of the road. The tree was about 125 ft away and was 16 ft tall. The acft hit at about 8 ft AGL. It then hit the house about 25 ft away and part of the acft stayed there (the tail section and part of the fuselage). The forward cabin/cockpit area and wings hit the motor home and continued on in the yard about another 125 ft. the two occupants and their seats were thrown out of the cockpit and came to rest near the forward portion of the acft. The pilot died of his injuries. The passenger received only minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53079
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502363
- Airframe hours
- 3,431
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Terrance O. Bohrer
- Registered owner
- D. Beishline & T. O. Bohrer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 60S · Vancouver, WA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,198 total · 161 in this make and model · 2,651 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 11 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.