# NTSB SEA92LA187: Cessna 182F, N3551Y, Alderwood Manor, WA, August 17, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 17, 1992, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Alderwood Manor, WA
- Coordinates: 47.800807, -122.280921 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8008&lon=-122.2809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 42884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92LA187
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42884/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA187

## Probable cause

THE PILOT SELECTED THE WRONG RUNWAY FOR WIND CONDITIONS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3551Y), registered now, S/N 18254451, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254451
- Airframe hours: 3230
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920817037399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920817037399A), Aug 17, 1992: Cessna 182F, Alderwood Manor, WA, Substantial damage. Landed long downslope. Unable to stop or go around due full flaps. Ran off end. Struck building. Landed downwind.

## Other investigations on N3551Y (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI70AC085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70AC085), May 31, 1970: Cessna 182 (N3551Y), Edenville, MI, minor damage

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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