# NTSB WPR09CA276: Cessna A185F, N1015F, Wenatchee, WA, June 2, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 2, 2009, 09:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Coordinates: 47.399723, -120.21083
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3997&lon=-120.2108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73947
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR09CA276
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73947/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=73947
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA276

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged approach and failure to attain the proper touchdown point.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md)
- [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02060000): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02060000/cases.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 137 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02060000/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 34 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 29 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that while landing the airplane touched down too far down the runway, resulting in a runway overrun. During the landing roll, the airplane exited the departure end of the runway and impacted a tree. Subsequently, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot said that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures.

## Factual narrative

The pilot stated that while landing the airplane touched down too far down the runway, resulting in a runway overrun. During the landing roll, the airplane exited the departure end of the runway and impacted a tree. Subsequently, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot said that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1015F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1015F), registered now, S/N 18502684, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18502684
- Airframe hours: 3300
- Engines: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 11, 2009, 10 hours before
- Departed: 8S2, Cashmere, WA
- Destination: Wenatchee, WA
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: PVT, Hurst Landing, runway 27, 1,200 × 80 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 17, 2008; seat: right; flight hours: 3,392 total, 1,538 in this make and model, 3,302 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Observed at: EAT, 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 20090602008199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090602008199A), Jun 2, 2009: Cessna A185F, Wenatchee, WA, Substantial damage. The pilot stated that he was landing at hurst landing a private airstrip south of Wenatchee, WA. He landed long and struck a tree at about 10 miles per hour.…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 18, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=73947. 977 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 849 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314610&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Witness Statement (item 2, .PDF, 24 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314845&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Witness%20Statement-Master.PDF
- Photo 1-On Scene (item 3, .PDF, 104 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314837&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201-On%20Scene-Master.PDF

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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