- Date
- December 17, 1990, 08:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Anacortes, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3017YCessna 182-E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901217054789A
- Case key
- 41376
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Probable cause
The poor inflight decision by the PIC to land on a short grass airstrip in strong gusty tailwind conditions.
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 landed on a short wet grass airstrip in strong gusty tailwind wx conditions and lost control during grnd roll. The acft departed the left side of the runway and impacted trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3017Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254017
- Airframe hours
- 3,504
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- West Isle Air
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1990 · 20 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Sinclair Island, runway 36, 1,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,566 total · 2,376 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 18 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLI, 11 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.
Other investigations on N3017Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.