- Date
- June 3, 1992, 07:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place
- Moxee City, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N736JGCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920603018259A
- Case key
- 41582
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's inadvertently allowing the aircraft to stall. A factor contributing to the accident was: rising terrain.
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 aircraft was observed flying into a draw by a witness who was located approximately 150 feet below the crestline into which the north/south draw terminated. She reported looking down and seeing the tops of the aircraft's wings and then, during the aircraft's turn across the draw, she reported the nose of the aircraft abruptly dropping just before ground impact. The wreckage distribution indicated the aircraft impacted the ground left wingtip first followed by the nose, and finally came to rest bearing 050 degrees magnetic and 90 feet beyond the first impact. The terrain sloped upwards at a +16 degree gradient in the vicinity of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736JG
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200733
- Airframe hours
- 1,937
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Gilkerson, R.L., & Kelly, S.Q., doing business as Kennewick Aircraft Services
- Registered owner
- Gilkerson, R.L., & Kelly, S.Q.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 27, 1992 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- RLD · Richland, WA
- Destination
- S98
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,517 total · 4,468 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YKM, 14 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.