- Date
- November 19, 1991, 10:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean Shores, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9033TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911119053129A
- Case key
- 41612
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's misjudgement of wind information. A factor contributing to the accident was high wind conditions.
Analysis
During the engine runup high winds flipped the aircraft inverted. Wind conditions at a nearby reporting station were gusting to 35 knots shortly before the accident. Personnel familiar with local conditions at the accident airport reported that the winds consistently exceeded those at the reporting facility.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9033T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52933
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James R. Jordan
- Registered owner
- James R. Jordan
- Destination
- HQM · Hoqiuam, WA
- Airport
- W04 · Ocean Shores Muni.
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,519 total · 928 in this make and model · 2,481 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- HQM, 9 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.