Grove Field Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Walla Walla, Washington 99362
Friday, October 16, 1987 18:11 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PILOT LANDED SHORT AND THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE EDGE OF A PLATEAU AT THE APPROACH END OF THE PRIVATE STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED OFF THE GRASS RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/16/1987
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1811
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City WALLA WALLA
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 99362
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport GROVE FIELD
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 760
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1756 Pacific Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 55
Weather Observation Facility ID ALW
Elevation of weather observation facility 1205
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 7
Time Zone of the weather observation PST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 25000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 20000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
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) 14
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 240
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 610
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 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1532
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 17 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1130
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 34986
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:56PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N7231N
NTSB Number SEA88LA008
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 T210N
Aircraft Series Identifier T210N
Aircraft Serial Number 21063120
Certified Max Gross Weight 4000
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 6
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 13 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 7
Airframe Hours 1507
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name COMPUTER NETWORKING SPEC., INC
Aircraft Owner Street Address RT 1 BOX 286C
Aircraft Owner City WALLA WALLA
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 99362
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name COMPUTER NETWORKING SPEC. INC
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address RT 1, BOX 286C
Operator City WALLA WALLA
Operator State WA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 99362
Operator Code NONE
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) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code SJC
Departure City SAN JOSE
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1515
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 23
Runway Length 1570
Runway Width 33
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --