# NTSB SEA94LA230: Cessna 182B, N2356G, Lummi Island, WA, September 3, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 3, 1994, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Lummi Island, WA
- Coordinates: 48.689857, -122.659919 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6899&lon=-122.6599&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 29, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 42015
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA94LA230
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42015/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA230

## Probable cause

INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: TAILWIND.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL ON A PRIVATELY OWNED, UNIDIRECTIONAL, TURF AIRSTRIP, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE BEFORE IT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH BRUSH AND A TREE. THE PILOT REPORTED AN EIGHT KNOT TAILWIND AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING.

## Factual narrative

On September 3, 1994, approximately 1630 hours Pacific daylight time (pdt), a Cessna 182B, N2356G, registered to and being flown by Fred A. Kajans, a certificated airline transport rated pilot, was substantially damaged when it over ran the upwind end of the privately owned Miller airstrip on Lummi Island, Washington, and collided with brush and a tree while on landing roll. The pilot was uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was personal in nature, was to have been operated under 14CFR91, and originated from Eureka, California, earlier in the day.

The pilot reported that he was unable to stop the airplane on the sixteen hundred foot, unidirectional, turf runway before reaching the north end. He reported an eight knot tailwind at the time of the accident.

The pilot was sent a certified letter containing the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, Form 6120.1/2. To this date, the form has not been received (refer to ATTACHMENT I).

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2356G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2356G), registered now, S/N 51656, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51656
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kajans, Fred, A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: EKA, EUREKA, CA
- Airport: 4WA5, Miller'S Field, runway 32, 1,600 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; flight instructor, airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 17,800 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 50 °F

## 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 19940903034839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940903034839A), Sep 3, 1994: Cessna 182B, Lummi Island, WA, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on sixteen hundred foot undirectional turf runway. Overran into brush and trees.

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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