- Date
- February 4, 1993, 12:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- North Bend, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5849JCessna 185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930204001639A
- Case key
- 42985
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and inadequate remedial action. Factors include a poor inflight decision, and gusty crosswinds.
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 pilot chose to land on a 2,300 foot long runway which was aligned approximately 60 degrees from the current wind. Another runway was available which was 5,045 feet long, and aligned about 30 degrees from the current wind. After he touched down the pilot was unable to maintain directional control in the gusty crosswinds. While attempting to recover from the loss of directional control, the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5849J
- Reported as
- Cessna 185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18501818
- Airframe hours
- 3,306
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cordell, Steven D.
- Registered owner
- Cordell, Steven D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 3, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- PWT · Bremerton, WA
- Airport
- OTH · North Bend Municipal, runway 16, 2,300 × 150 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 950 total · 90 in this make and model · 950 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.