Cashmere-Dryden Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Cashmere, Washington 98815
Wednesday, July 23, 2003 6:15 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot executed an approach to runway 07, an 1,800 foot long, asphalt runway. The aircraft touched down about midfield and the pilot felt that he would not be able to stop the aircraft before the upwind end of the runway. He then powered up and executed a balked landing. The aircraft's nose gear clipped a 4 foot high fence 90 feet beyond the upwind end of the runway during the balked landing. The nose gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest after nosing over. The pilot reported that he "landed long."

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot in command's misjudgment of distance and speed, and his failure to execute a go-around. A contributing factor was the fence.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/23/2003
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 615
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City Cashmere
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 98815
Event Date Year 2003
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 473052N
Event Location Longitude 1202850W
Event Location Airport Cashmere-Dryden
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 8S2
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 853
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 555 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 100
Weather Observation Facility ID EAT
Elevation of weather observation facility 1249
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 13
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 24
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 7
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 280
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 11
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.9
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 4
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 15399
NTSB Notification Source FAA SEA ROC
NTSB Notification Date Jul 23 2003 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 645
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Apr 28 2004 3:34PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Spokane FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8492T
NTSB Number SEA03LA149
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 182C
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 52392
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 Apr 19 2003 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 76
Airframe Hours 4578
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name CAAPERS, Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 16149 Redmond Way, #179
Aircraft Owner City Redmond
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 98052
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Chicha, Kermit N.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Bellevue
Operator State WA
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 98008
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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 Yes
Departure Airport Code 8S2
Departure City Cashmere
Departure State WA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 515
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code 8S2
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - aborted
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Mar 10 2004 8:44PM
User who most recently changed record STAM
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 07
Runway Length 1800
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --