# NTSB SEA92FA116: Cessna TR182, N736JG, Moxee City, WA, June 3, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1992, 07:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place: Moxee City, WA
- Coordinates: 46.520153, -120.199493 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5202&lon=-120.1995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41582
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92FA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41582/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA116

## 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

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering - turn to reverse direction
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736JG-1992-11-05), registration cancelled 1992-11-05, S/N R18200733 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200733
- Airframe hours: 1937
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920603018259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920603018259A), Jun 3, 1992: Cessna TR182, Moxee City, WA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Stalled during low level flight in a draw below ridge line. Purpose was aerial bird survey.

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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