- Date
- July 22, 2020, 14:44 local (21:44 UTC)
- Place
- Clearwater, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9747HCessna 182
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20200722005569A
- Case key
- 101739
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper pitch attitude during the soft-field landing roll, which resulted in the tail striking the runway.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he touched down on the rough, turf surface runway and utilized a soft-field landing technique. He recalled, that during the landing roll, he held the nose landing gear off the runway until the airplane's groundspeed decreased to 20 knots. Shortly after contacting the ground, the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane's aft fuselage was substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he touched down on the rough, turf surface runway and utilized a soft-field landing technique. He recalled, that during the landing roll, he held the nose landing gear off the runway until the airplane's groundspeed decreased to 20 knots. Shortly after contacting the ground, the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane's aft fuselage was substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9747H
- Reported as
- Cessna 182 (R)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267992
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 3,372
- Engine
- Continental O-470 SERIES, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mashiair LLC
- Registered owner
- Mashiair LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 2019
- Departed
- 1Q5 · Upper Lake, CA
- Destination
- 3S6 · Clearwater, OR
- Airport
- 3S6 · Toketee State, runway 29, 5,350 × 60 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot
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
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 17, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 487.5 total · 316.3 in this make and model · 390.7 as pilot in command · 8.1 in the last 90 days · 8.1 in the last 30 days · 3.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 20° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.84 inHg
- Observed at
- KRBG, 41 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 9, 2020, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.2 MB 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.