# NTSB SEA87LA170: Cessna 182, N5549B, Boulder City, NV, August 19, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 19, 1987, 15:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Coordinates: 35.989517, -114.810363 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9895&lon=-114.8104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40680
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40680/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA170

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - pole (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH A 15 KNOT TAILWIND GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS OVER 6,000 FEET AND THE RUNWAY WAS AN UPHILL RUNWAY WITH RISING TERRAIN AHEAD. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DECIDED TO GO-AROUND BUT THAT SHORTLY AFTER APPLICATION OF FULL POWER THE ENGINE QUIT OPERATING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED OVER 400 FEET PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY. DURING LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A PARKED BOAT AND TWO TELEPHONE POLES. NO EVIDENCE OF A LOSS OF POWER WAS FOUND THROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLER, THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE, AND THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE CURLED 180 DEGREES ON THE WORKING FACE WITH CHORDWISE SCRAPES PRESENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5549B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5549B-1988-04-22), registration cancelled 1988-04-22, S/N 33549 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33549
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Thomas W Anderson
- Registered owner: Krienke, Roy A
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 2, 1986
- Departed: OATMAN, AZ
- Airport: BLD, Boulder City, runway 35, 4,000 × 250 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 5,000 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 106 °F, dew point 37 °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 19870819045969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870819045969A), Aug 19, 1987: Cessna 182, Boulder City, NV, Substantial damage. Indicates pilot overran runway landing. Report says downwind but runway into wind. Had aborted a late go around.

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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