- Date
- September 10, 1989, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jordan Valley, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4934SCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41076
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain (closed/rough runway), and the crosswind.
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.
Analysis
During a landing on a closed/rough/unmaintained dirt strip, the airplane touched down left of centerline. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control. The airplane traveled off the left side of the runway, collided with a fence & encountered a ditch. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4934S
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201473
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5B, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry A. Harr
- Departed
- U70 · Cascade, ID
- Airport
- runway 9, 3,500 × 40 ft, dirt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 959 total · 801 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F