# NTSB SEA87LA153: Cessna 182A, N6133B, Sunnyside, WA, July 31, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 30, 1987, 20:20 local (Jul 31, 1987, 03:20 UTC)
- Place: Sunnyside, WA
- Coordinates: 46.440826, -119.909851 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4408&lon=-119.9099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40667
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40667/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA153

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not possible
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT WHEN HE WAS LNDG ON RWY 25, THE SUN WAS JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON & SHINING DIRECTLY DOWN THE RWY. HE SAID HE MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE TO THE GROUND & LNDD HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY, THEN IT WENT INTO A DITCH & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6133B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6133B-2014-10-29), registration cancelled 2014-10-29, S/N 34133, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34133
- Airframe hours: 2400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harry T. Fleming
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 20, 1987
- Departed: SIY, MONTAGUE, CA
- Destination: SIY
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 1S5, Sunnyside Muni, runway 25, 3,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 192 total, 82 in this make and model, 102 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 19870730080749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870730080749A), Jul 30, 1987: Cessna 182A, Sunnyside, WA, Substantial damage. Hard landing. Nose gear collapsed. Veered off runway into a ditch. Nosed over inverted. Sun in pilots eyes.

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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