Apex Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Silverdale, Washington 98383
Thursday, December 10, 1987 11:00 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

WHILE ON THE LNDG ROLL WITH A QTRG HDWND, THE ACFT ENCTRD A GUST WHICH PUSHED IT TO THE LEFT. THE PLT SAID HE APPLIED FULL RGT AILERON, BUT IT HAD NO EFFECT. AS THE ACFT WAS 'BEING BLOWN' TOWARD TREES, THE PLT APPLIED FULL RGT BRAKE. HE SAID THE LEFT WING TIP SWUNG FORWARD & DOWNWARD & HIT THE GROUND, THEN THE ACFT ROCKED FORWARD. THE LEFT WING, PROP & NOSE GEAR WERE DAMAGED DRG THE OCCURRENCE. THE PLT ESTD THE WIND WAS FROM THE SSW AT 10 GSTG 35 KTS.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/10/1987
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1100
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City SILVERDALE
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 98383
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport APEX
Event Location Nearest Airport ID S42
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 525
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
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 Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 4500
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
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) 10
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 210
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
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 5
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2252
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Apr 20 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1200
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 35891
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 3:04PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N4953Z
NTSB Number SEA88LA082
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Type of Flight Plan filed VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model TU206G
Aircraft Series Identifier TU206G
Aircraft Serial Number 620606057
Certified Max Gross Weight 3300
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 Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Sep 15 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 35
Airframe Hours 1719
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name RON COSGRAVE
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 68934
Aircraft Owner City SEATTLE
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 7205 PERIMETER ROAD
Operator City SEATTLE
Operator State WA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
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 Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code BFI
Departure City SEATTLE
Departure State WA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1040
Departure Time Zone PST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code S42
Destination City SILVERDALE
Destination State WA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 17
Runway Length 2500
Runway Width 28
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --