# NTSB WPR09CA477: Cessna 182, N5677B, Enterprise, OR, September 24, 2009 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 24, 2009, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC) - Place: Enterprise, OR - Coordinates: 45.424479, -117.26484 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4245&lon=-117.2648&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 29, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Boise FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 74864 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR09CA477 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74864/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74864 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA477 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to stop his airplane before it departed the end of the unimproved remote airstrip. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000/cases.md) - [Terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 267 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000/cases.md) - [Aircraft capability: landing distance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 68 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was part of a five-airplane group that was landing at a series of unimproved remote airstrips. When they arrived at the third airstrip, three airplanes made successful landings, but the accident pilot, who was in an airplane with slightly different performance characteristics than the other three, was unable to stop before running off the end of the runway and impacting a ditch. After the accident, the pilot, who had not been into the subject airstrip before, stated that he should have made a better decision, and not assumed that because the other three pilots made it successfully that he could too. ## Factual narrative The pilot was part of a five-airplane group that was landing at a series of unimproved remote airstrips. When they arrived at the third airstrip, three airplanes made successful landings, but the accident pilot, who was in an airplane with slightly different performance characteristics than the other three, was unable to stop before running off the end of the runway and impacting a ditch. Contributing to the excursion was the airplane bouncing off a bump during the landing roll, which momentarily compromised the pilot's braking actions. After the accident, the pilot, who had not been into the subject airstrip before, stated that he should have made a better decision, and not assumed that because the other three pilots made it successfully that he could too. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5677B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5677B), registered now, S/N 33677, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 - Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 33677 - Airframe hours: 6311 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Hope Aviation LLC - Registered owner: Hope Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2009 - Departed: Lord Flats, ID - Destination: none, Pittsburg Airstrip, ID - Airport: none, Pittsburg Airstrip, runway 12, 1,050 × 75 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 51; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 20, 2009; seat: right; flight hours: 4,718 total, 37 in this make and model, 4,433 as pilot in command, 253 in the last 90 days, 75 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °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 20090924018339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090924018339A), Sep 24, 2009: Cessna 182, Lucille, ID, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed at pittsburg airstrip at approximately 1200 on 09/24/2009. The rollout was normal until the acft reached the intersection of runways 12 and… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 23, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74864. 603 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 603 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40319983&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.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. --- 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.