Cessna 182Q N95540

Summary

On 10 July 1982 at about 15:40 local time, a Cessna 182Q registered N95540, operated by Jean M. Davis, was involved in an accident near Spokane, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 July 1982 at 15:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Spokane, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Fowlers Nw 40 (12WA)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182Q

Registration

N95540

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jean M. Davis

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pullman → Spokane

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA82DA105

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER CHECKING THE WIND SOCK, AN APPROACH WAS MADE TO THE RUNWAY OVER TREES. REPORTEDLY, THE FIRST APPROACH WAS UNCOMFORTABLE, SO A GO-AROUND WAS MADE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE SECOND APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN WERE NORMAL, BUT THERE WAS A WIND SHIFT AT TOUCHDOWN WHICH WAS OBSERVED BY TWO WITNESSES. REPORTEDLY AFTER LANDING, THE AIRSPEED WAS TOO SLOW FOR A GO-AROUND AND THE GROUND SPEED WAS TOO FAST TO STOP ON THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A DITCH, AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT 8 TO 10 KTS, AND AT TOUCHDOWN, IT SWITCHED FROM A HEADWIND TO A TAILWIND. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 3400 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.