# NTSB SEA88LA112: Cessna 182B, N7112E, Athol, ID, June 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 17, 1988, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Athol, ID
- Coordinates: 47.959796, -116.679206 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9598&lon=-116.6792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40832
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40832/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA112

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - proper touchdown point - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PLT LANDED LONG TO AVOID POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH TRUCK WAITING TO CROSS RWY. THE PILOT STATED HE EXPERIENCED A TAILWIND AFTER TOUCHDOWN. HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND BUT CONTACTED ROUGH TERRAIN IN OVERRUN BEFORE BECOMING AIRBORNE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7112E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7112E), registered now, S/N 52112, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52112
- Airframe hours: 2705
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mccue, Robert H.
- Registered owner: Robert H Mccue
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 18, 1988, 25 hours before
- Departed: CONDON, MT
- Destination: ATHOL, ID
- Airport: Silverwood, runway 3, 4,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,450 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 1,450 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- 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 19880617036379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880617036379A), Jun 17, 1988: Cessna 182B, Athol, ID, Substantial damage. Landed long with a tailwind. Began a belated go around but never got off and struck obstacles off end of runway.

## Other investigations on N7112E (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI71DGJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71DGJ08), Aug 10, 1970: Cessna 182 (N7112E), Bowling Green, KY, substantial damage

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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