# NTSB SEA86LA234: Cessna 182, N9051T, Ashwood, OR, August 25, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1986, 18:30 local (Aug 25, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Ashwood, OR
- Coordinates: 44.699314, -120.71907 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6993&lon=-120.7191&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40492
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA234
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40492/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA234

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

A LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. DURING LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A ROCK CAUSING PART OF THE GEAR BOX TO BE TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9051T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9051T-1991-12-04), registration cancelled 1991-12-04, S/N 52951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18252951
- Airframe hours: 4500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 SERIES 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Evergreen Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1986
- Departed: BOI, BOISE, ID
- Destination: MMV, MCMINNVILLE, OR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 945 total, 149 in this make and model, 808 as pilot in command, 176 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 19860824044779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860824044779A), Aug 24, 1986: Cessna 182C, Ashwood, OR, Substantial damage. The pilot reported the engine failed and a forced landing made into a rocky field. No mechanical malfunctions found

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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