- Date
- September 18, 1990, 11:56 local (18:56 UTC)
- Place
- Everett, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N182PKCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900918040749A
- Case key
- 41281
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Probable cause
Pilot did not maintained an adequate airspeed during the initial climb. The pilot failed to maintain directional control.
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 soft field takeoff, the pilot extended 20 degrees of flaps and began the takeoff roll. The airplane became airborne and the pilot leveled the airplane in ground effect to increase airspeed, however, the airplane settled back to the runway. The pilot lost control and the airplane veered off the runway and travelled through a barbed wire fence and collided into the airport boundary fence. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N182PK
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18221330
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Morcom Aviation Services
- Departed
- PAE
- Airport
- PAE · Paine Fld, runway 16, 3,000 × 75 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 462 total · 35 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.