# NTSB SEA86LA220: Cessna 182, N4694K, Weippe, ID, August 24, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 23, 1986, 20:10 local (Aug 24, 1986, 02:10 UTC)
- Place: Weippe, ID
- Coordinates: 46.380035, -115.890678 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3800&lon=-115.8907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40482
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA220
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40482/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA220

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

AN UNDERSHOOT OCCURRED DURING LANDING AT AN UNLIT AIRSTRIP AT DUSK. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SIX FOOT MOUND OF DIRT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER INVERTED AND SLID 60 TO 70 FEET BEFORE IT CAME TO REST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4694K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 182-63694
- Airframe hours: 1840
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 SERIES 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William C. Henderson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 7, 1985
- Departed: LWS, LEWISTON, ID
- Destination: WEIPPE, ID
- Airport: Lackey Field, runway 6, 3,200 ×  ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 686 total, 39 in this make and model, 633 as pilot in command, 77 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft overcast

## 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 19860823081439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860823081439A), Aug 23, 1986: Cessna 182P, Weippe, ID, Destroyed. The aircraft struck a dirt mound by the side of the runway during landing. Pilot cited dusk, gusts and distractions

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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