- Date
- April 16, 1993, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anacortes, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71131Cessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930416009549A
- Case key
- 43012
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Probable cause
The loss of control by the PIC when he selected the wrong runway, failed to attain the proper touchdown point, inadvertently stalled the acft attempting to abort the landing, and failed to maintain directional control after the aircraft mushed back onto the strip. A factor related to the accident was the tailwind conditions.
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 attempted to land on a short gravel airstrip in strong tailwind weather conditions. The aircraft touched down near the center of the strip, bounced twice, and the pilot applied full power to abort the landing. The aircraft stalled, mushed back onto the ground, veered off the runway, impacted a ditch and a parked car beside the strip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71131
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259506
- Airframe hours
- 2,965
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Skeith, Maurice D.
- Registered owner
- Skeith, Maurice D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 24, 1992 · 101 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Airport
- NONE · Decatur Shores, runway 33, 2,550 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 213 total · 38 in this make and model · 142 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NUW, 11 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 N71131 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.