# NTSB SEA91LA052: Cessna 182Q, N96378, Anacortes, WA, February 2, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 1, 1991, 17:15 local (Feb 2, 1991, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Anacortes, WA
- Coordinates: 48.459342, -122.600379 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4593&lon=-122.6004&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41390
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA91LA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41390/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA052

## Probable cause

THE PILOT IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISIONS. THE HIGH WIND WAS A FACTOR.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
- Nose over, taxi

## Analysis

AFTER LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH 35 TO 40 KNOT WINDS, THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING TAXIED TO THE PARKING RAMP, WHEN A GUST OF WIND FROM THE REAR RAISED THE TAIL OF THE AIRPLANE.  THE PROPELLER AND LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N96378 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266702
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Air San Juan
- Registered owner: Air San Juan
- Departed: FHR, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: 745, Anacortes, runway 18, 3,015 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; airline transport, flight engineer, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 9,007 total, 400 in this make and model, 8,215 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 35 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19910201003659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910201003659A), Feb 1, 1991: Cessna 182G, Anacortes, WA, Substantial damage. During taxi,wind gust raised tail propeller and left wing contacted ground.

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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