Fowlers Nw 40 Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Spokane, Washington 99219
Saturday, July 10, 1982 8:40 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/10/1982
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 840
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City SPOKANE
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 99219
Event Date Year 1982
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport FOWLERS NW 40
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 12WA
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 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 1550
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID GEG
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 9
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Unknown
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 30
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 69
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 0
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 0
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 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1113
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information
Date of most recent change to record Oct 31 2002 4:04PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\ZUZL
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N95540
NTSB Number SEA82DA105
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 182Q
Aircraft Series Identifier 182Q
Aircraft Serial Number 18266571
Certified Max Gross Weight 2950
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Unknown
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 Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection 92
Airframe Hours 450
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name JEAN M. DAVIS
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1812 CENTER ST.
Aircraft Owner City WALLA WALLA
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 99362
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name JEAN M. DAVIS
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address 1812 CENTER ST.
Operator City WALLA WALLA
Operator State WA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 99362
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 --
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
Departure City PULLMAN
Departure State WA
Departure Country
Departure Time 745
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code
Destination City SPOKANE
Destination State WA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 18 2002 4:50PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 1650
Runway Width 0
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --