# NTSB SEA85LA087: Cessna 182, N5438B, Walla Walla, WA, April 3, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 3, 1985, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Walla Walla, WA
- Coordinates: 46.110912, -118.299652 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1109&lon=-118.2997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40137
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40137/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA087

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING TAXI FROM LANDING A GUST OF WIND PUSHED THE ACFT FROM BEHIND ONTO SOFT GROUND WHERE IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5438B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5438B), registered now, S/N 33438 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33438
- Airframe hours: 3580
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ronald D. Page
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PSC, PASCO, WA
- Destination: 67WA, WALLA WALLA, WA
- Airport: 67WA, Page, runway 29, 1,300 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,267 total, 156 in this make and model, 1,159 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 17 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ALW, 186 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 19850403035579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850403035579A), Apr 3, 1985: Cessna 182, Walla Walla, WA, Substantial damage. While taxiing back on runway,wind gust from behind pushed nose of aircraft into soft ground. Aircraft nosed over.

## Other investigations on N5438B (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW77DPA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DPA26), Aug 28, 1977: Cessna 182 (N5438B), Trinidad, TX, substantial damage

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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