# NTSB SEA94LA226: Cessna 182P, N1316S, Yamhill, OR, August 30, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 30, 1994, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Yamhill, OR - Coordinates: 45.360713, -123.239921 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3607&lon=-123.2399&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 9, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 42011 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA94LA226 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42011/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA226 ## Probable cause THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: AN INADEQUATE RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - berm - Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll - landing gear,nose gear - overload ## Analysis JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN, THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND FLARED THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND BOUNCED. WHEN THE AIRPLANE SETTLED, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE PILOT'S EFFORTS TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED A BERM AT THE EDGE OF A ROAD THAT CROSSES THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP. ## Factual narrative On August 30, 1994, approximately 1430 hours Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 182P, N1316S, registered to Scenic Air Service, Inc., and being flown by Douglas P. Pflugradt, a commercial instrument-rated pilot, sustained substantial damage when the nose gear collapsed during impact with a berm, following a loss of control on landing. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. No flight plan had been filed and visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the accident. The flight, which was personal in nature, was to have been operated in accordance with 14CFR91, and originated from Troutdale at 1400 hours. In a written statement, the pilot reported that he set up for a short field landing. Just before touch down, the pilot reduced power and flared the airplane. The pilot stated that the airplane "apparently stalled and bounced hard." The pilot opted to not go around, due to the short runway and rising terrain to the west. When the airplane settled onto the runway, the left main landing gear was off the runway edge. During the pilot's efforts to regain directional control, the airplane rolled along the left side of the runway and the nose gear collided with a berm at the edge of a road that crosses the runway. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane slid to a stop. The road crosses the runway and is flush at its intersection. The berm, however, extended alongside the road outside of the runway environment. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1316S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1316S-2007-09-07), registration cancelled 2007-09-07, S/N 18264880, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P - Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18264880 - Airframe hours: 5000 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Pflugradt, Douglas, P. - Registered owner: Scenic Air Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1994, 20 hours before - Departed: TTD, TROUTDALE, OR - Airport: OR05, Flying M, runway 25, 2,125 × 40 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 43; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 730 total, 90 in this make and model, 660 as pilot in command, 110 in the last 90 days, 42 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 30 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: HIO, 20 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 19940830039049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940830039049A), Aug 30, 1994: Cessna 182P, Yamhill, OR, Substantial damage. Bounced landing came down one wheel off edge of runway. Hit a berm on service road. Collapsed nose gear. ## Other investigations on N1316S (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 SEA04CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA171), Aug 23, 2004: Cessna 182P (N1316S), Hillsboro, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft directional control during landing roll. A contributing factor was the right-quartering tail wind. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.