None Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Arlington, Oregon 97812
Thursday, April 13, 1989 19:05 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE THE STUDENT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT A GRASS STRIP, AT THE END OF AN UNAUTHORIZED SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLT. THIS WAS HIS FIRST LANDING ON HIS FAMILY'S FARM GRASS STRIP. HE LANDED ABOUT TWO THIRDS THE WAY DOWN THE 3,000 FT STRIP AND COULD NOT STOP BEFORE RUNNING INTO A PARKED FARM TRAILER. THE STUDENTS TOTAL FLT TIME WAS ABOUT 20 HOURS.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT TOUCHED DOWN TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY TO ALLOW HIM TO STOP BEFORE RUNNING INTO A TRAILER.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/13/1989
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1905
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City ARLINGTON
Event State OREGON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 97812
Event Date Year 1989
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport NONE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Dusk
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 674
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Apr 15 1989 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1100
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 40048
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:37PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N4811D
NTSB Number SEA89LA069
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182
Aircraft Series Identifier 182
Aircraft Serial Number 34911
Certified Max Gross Weight 2650
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name PATRICK L HEINEN
Aircraft Owner Street Address 6581 LANGFORD ROAD
Aircraft Owner City MESA
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 99343
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name PATRICK L. HEINEN
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 5581 LANGFORD RD.
Operator City MESA
Operator State WA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 99343
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code PSC
Departure City PASCO
Departure State WA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1800
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 3000
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --