- Date
- February 21, 1991, 17:45 local (Feb 22, 1991, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3154FCessna 182J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910221003349A
- Case key
- 41304
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to use all available runway for this landing, aggravated by his failure to initiate a go-around after misjudging the proper touchdown point and landing with a tailwind.
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
The pilot of the Cessna 182J touched down beyond midpoint on the 1600 foot closed runway on the summit of a mountain. The aircraft bounced or skipped for approximately 377 feet, then touched down again approximately 500 feet from the end. Heavy braking marks were observed between there and the runway end, which drops off over a cliff. The aircraft wreckage was found approximately 250 feet below and 1/4 mile from the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3154F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257254
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James C. Sloan
- Registered owner
- James C. Sloan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1990
- Departed
- 3S8 · Grants Pass, OR
- Airport
- OR73 · Calvert Peak, runway 3, 1,627 × 31 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 435 total · 330 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RBG, 32 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.