- Date
- July 24, 2011, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sandy, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8426TCessna 182B
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway: Airport occurrence
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20110724030179A
- Case key
- 81220
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance between the airplane and ground obstacles.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings.
Analysis
The pilot had just landed at the grass strip. At the end of the landing roll, he started to turn to the right for the parking area when the right wing impacted a tree that caused substantial damage to the spar. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot had just landed at the grass strip. At the end of the landing roll, he started to turn to the right for the parking area when his right wing impacted a tree, substantially damaging the spar. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions of failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8426T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52326
- Airframe hours
- 5,326
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Terry Keller
- Registered owner
- William Terry Keller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 2011
- Departed
- OG29 · Sandy, OR
- Destination
- OG29 · Sandy, OR
- Airport
- OG29 · McKinnon Airpark, runway 25, 3,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 16, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 417 total · 90 in this make and model · 37 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- KTTD, 10 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 287 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.