# NTSB WPR21LA244: Cessna 182E, N3208Y, Ririe, ID, June 26, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 26, 2021, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Ririe, ID
- Coordinates: 43.611669, -111.69451
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6117&lon=-111.6945&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103352
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21LA244
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103352/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103352
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA244

## Probable cause

The pilot’s encounter with a tailwind during takeoff roll, which resulted in an aborted takeoff, collision with a ditch and subsequent nose over.

## Findings

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

- [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna 182E, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=2072712), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182E, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2072712), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182E, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072712), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 182E, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072712), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182E, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072712), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, during takeoff roll to the south from a grass runway, the airplane encountered a tailwind/downdraft, which resulted in the airplane using more runway. The pilot aborted the takeoff and let the airplane roll to a stop in an adjacent field, however, the airplane struck a ditch and subsequently nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, right horizontal, and right elevator. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3208Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3208Y), registered now, S/N 18254208, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254208
- Year built: 1962
- Airframe hours: 4789.97
- Engines: Continental Motors O-470-R 230 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hamilton Triple C Farms
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 18, 2021
- Airport: PVT, Private, runway S, 2,500 × 60 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 5, 2021; seat: left; restraint: none; flight hours: 776.95 total, 506.25 in this make and model, 750 as pilot in command, 19.58 in the last 90 days, 5.2 in the last 30 days, 0.75 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.19 inHg
- Observed at: KRXE, 14 nm away
- METAR: KRXE 262353Z AUTO 04010G18KT 10SM CLR 28/04 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02780044 10283 20250 58007

## 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 20210626010969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210626010969A), Jun 26, 2021: Cessna 182E, Ririe, ID, Destroyed. Our office was notified on June 26, 2021, of an airplane occurrence on June 26, 2021 at 1915 local time. The pilot was flying aircraft N3208Y, a Cessna 182E,…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 20, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103352. 5.8 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 12 pages, 5.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12573668&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo array (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 1 photo, 84 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12573232&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%201-Rel.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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