# NTSB WPR12CA389: Cessna 182L, N42014, Metaline Falls, WA, September 2, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 2, 2012, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Metaline Falls, WA
- Coordinates: 48.840831, -117.283889 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8408&lon=-117.2839&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: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 5, 2012
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84889
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR12CA389
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84889/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84889
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA389

## Probable cause

The pilot’s inadequate compensation for a sudden wind shift during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway overrun.

## Findings

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

- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182L, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2072726), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md)
- [Wind: sudden wind shift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034010): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182L, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034010/cases.md?model=2072726), [All aircraft, 114 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034010/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: Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390); cases with it: [Cessna 182L, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390/sequence.md?model=2072726), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182L, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072726), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that there was a sudden wind shift from a headwind to a tailwind during the landing roll. This pushed the airplane past the end of the runway and down a 50-foot embankment and resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and control surfaces. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have affected normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot stated that during the landing roll, the airplane experienced a sudden wind shift from a headwind to a tailwind. This pushed the airplane past the end of the runway down a 50-foot embankment. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and control surfaces.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42014](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42014-2018-01-04), registration cancelled 2018-01-04, S/N 18258808, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18258808
- Airframe hours: 4432
- Engines: CONT MOTOR O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jeff Gorman
- Registered owner: Gorman Jack
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 6, 2012
- Departed: 65S, Bonners Ferry, ID
- Destination: 09S, Metaline Falls, WA
- Airport: 09S, Sullivan Lake, runway 16, 1,765 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 3,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: KSZT, 43 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 20120902018429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120902018429A), Sep 2, 2012: Cessna 182L, Sullivan Lake, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot was landing at the Sullivan Lake airport. A witness reported that his approach was higher and longer than normal. He touched down long and, according to…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 12, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84889. 442 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 442 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40378761&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.

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