# NTSB SEA87LA052: Cessna 182R II, N9322X, Spokane, WA, January 24, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 24, 1987, 15:43 local (23:43 UTC)
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40588
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40588/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA052

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - wing - ice (contributing factor)
  - missed approach - performed, pilot in command
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - aircraft performance - deteriorated (cause)
- Hard landing, landing
  - aircraft performance,landing capability - deteriorated (cause)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PLT ATTEMPTED INSTRUMENT APPROACH IN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO STRUCTURAL ICING; I.E., FOG, LIGHT SNOW, TEMP 32F. ACFT NOT EQUIPPED FOR DEICE. STRUCTURAL ICE ACCRETION DURING APPROACH AND CLIMB-OUT FOLLOWING MISSED APPROACH DEGRADED ACFT PERFORMANCE SO THAT CLIMB TO ASSIGNED ALT/VFR CONDITIONS NOT POSSIBLE. ACFT CONTINUED TO ACCUMULATE ICE IN IMC, EVENTUALLY FORCING DESCENT TO GROUND CONTACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9322X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9322X), registered now, S/N 18268490, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R II
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18268490
- Airframe hours: 502
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Corporate Air Services
- Registered owner: Brader Hauling Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: YKM, YAKIMA, WA
- Destination: GEG, SPOKANE, WA
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,608 total, 215 in this make and model, 1,568 as pilot in command, 153 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 100 ft
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GEG, 12 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 19870124002909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870124002909A), Jan 24, 1987: Cessna 182R, Edwall, WA, Substantial damage. The aircraft encountered heavy icing during missed approach. Unable to climb, made a landing in a corn field.

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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