- Date
- November 6, 2024, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Priest River, ID · Private grass strip
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9207XCessna 182E
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20241106016319A
- Case key
- 195472
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point and his inability to stop the landing roll on a wet gras runway, which resulted in a collision with a tree.
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 attempting to land at a grass airstrip. The airplane touched down midfield; however, the pilot was unable to stop the airplane’s forward movement due to wet grass and frost. The airplane subsequently struck a tree, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and left horizontal stabilizer. Subsequently, the pilot stated he should have touched down earlier on the runway. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9207X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253607
- Built
- 1961
- Airframe hours
- 4,757
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 23, 2023 · 130 hours before
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Auto-pilot, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 30, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 441 total · 300 in this make and model · 362 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 27.54 inHg
- Observed at
- KSZT, 18 nm away
- METAR
- KSZT 061815Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM BKN010 02/00 A3041 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 22, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.9 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.