- Date
- September 19, 1987, 13:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Cathlamet, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N96847Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870919053649A
- Case key
- 40696
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Stall - inadvertentCause
Procedures/directives - improperCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
The pilot was making soft field takeoffs with no flaps. He lost control of the aircraft at about 10 feet AGL, the aircraft's right wing struck the ground and the aircraft came to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96847
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 66878
- Airframe hours
- 1,003
- Engine
- Continental O-470-Q, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Emer-Isle Dairy, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Emer-Isle Dairy,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1987
- Destination
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Airport
- Emer-Isle, runway 27, 1,600 × ft, grass/turf
N96847Registration cancelled Nov 12, 2014 · Cessna 182QAirframe modelCessna 182QEngine modelContinental O-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 199 total · 136 in this make and model · 167 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.