- Date
- August 17, 1992, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Alderwood Manor, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3551YCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920817037399A
- Case key
- 42884
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Probable cause
The pilot selected the wrong runway for wind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The Cessna 182 pilot landed long, downslope, with a tailwind, and elected not to go around because he had full flaps sleected. The aircraft overran the end of the runway, striking a building with the right wingtip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3551Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254451
- Airframe hours
- 3,230
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Randolph D. Settlage
- Registered owner
- Randolph D. Settlage
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1992
- Departed
- 70S · Mead, WA
- Destination
- S13 · Martha Lake, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- S13 · Martha Lake, runway 16, 1,500 × 30 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 674 total · 500 in this make and model · 601 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE, 3 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.
Other investigations on N3551Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.