# NTSB SEA88LA146: Cessna 182, N71035, Veradale, WA, August 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 7, 1988, 11:37 local (18:37 UTC)
- Place: Veradale, WA
- Coordinates: 47.640071, -117.199653 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6401&lon=-117.1997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40860
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40860/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA146

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Fire, landing - roll
  - fuselage,cabin - fire (contributing factor)
  - airport fire/rescue service,equipment - unavailable

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED A HIGH SINK RATE DEVELOPED ON FINAL APPROACH WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO ARREST WITH POWER. ACFT LANDED HARD AND SHORT, CONTACTING A 3-FT BERM AT END OF GRASS STRIP. DURING ROLL-OUT, FLAMES WERE NOTED IN AFT CABIN AREA. OCCUPANTS EXITED AND ACFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N71035](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71035-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 18259467, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259467
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dale Fulton, doing business as Dot, Inc.
- Registered owner: Dot, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: COE, COEUR D'ALENE, ID
- Destination: VERADALE, WA
- Airport: Sky Meadows, runway 18, 3,500 × 125 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: helicopter, airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,600 total, 35 in this make and model, 3,000 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SFF, 10 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 19880807031009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880807031009A), Aug 7, 1988: Cessna 182M, Spokane, WA, Destroyed. Developed high sink rate on short final. Unable to recover, crashed into dirt bank short of runway.

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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