- Date
- September 8, 1991, 16:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place
- Grants Pass, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3974DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910908039949A
- Case key
- 41533
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Probable cause
Pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for a precautionary landing. Factors related to the accident were: motion sickness of the passenger, wet grass runway, the pilot's self-induced pressure to land at the accident airport, and the ditch.
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 the landing roll on a wet grass 1200 ft airstrip, there was insufficient braking action when the pilot applied the brakes. The pilot steered the aircraft off the left side of the runway to avoid an overrun, but the aircraft hit a ditch and was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3974D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34674
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles S. Amis
- Registered owner
- Charles S. Amis
- Airport
- NONE · Winkle Bar
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 486 total · 437 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.