Cessna 182K N3098Q

Summary

On 16 January 1996 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 182K registered N3098Q was involved in an accident near Covington, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 January 1996 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Covington, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Covington-Vincent (LA87)

Coordinates

30.4697, -90.1107

Aircraft

Cessna 182K

Registration

N3098Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Picayune → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW96LA099

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's delayed touchdown which resulted in a landing with inadequate runway remaining under the wet runway condition. A factor was the wet grass runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot landed midfield on the 2,800-foot grass runway to 'avoid mud at the approach end of the runway.' Following touchdown, the airplane rolled approximately 500 feet before the pilot applied braking; however, the grass was wet and the airplane went off the end of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.