Trout Lake Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Trout Lake, Washington 98650
Saturday, October 18, 2003 14:20 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

After touching down on the wet runway, the aircraft veered slightly to the right. During landing rollout the aircraft did not respond to left rudder or left wheel braking, but skid marks measuring 200 feet in length indicated the left brake was functioning. After applying heavy braking, the right wheel plowed into the ground causing the aircraft to nose over. A post-accident inspection of the airplane did not indicate a mechanical failure or malfunction.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll. A factor was the wet runway.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/18/2003
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1420
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City Trout Lake
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 98650
Event Date Year 2003
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 460008N
Event Location Longitude 1213129W
Event Location Airport Trout Lake Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 66WA
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 1914
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1353 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 140
Weather Observation Facility ID DLS
Elevation of weather observation facility 110
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 33
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) 20
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 9
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 3
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.88
Density Altitude (feet) 3137
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 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 15038
NTSB Notification Source Seattle Regional Operations Ce
NTSB Notification Date Oct 18 2003 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1905
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Mar 2 2004 8:06AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Hillsboro, Oregon

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N1841R
NTSB Number SEA04LA007
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 185
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 18502556
Certified Max Gross Weight 3350
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 5
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Aug 27 2003 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 36
Airframe Hours 6445
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name MT Adams Lumber Company Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. Box 40,
Aircraft Owner City Trout Lake
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 98650
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name George E. Woodruff
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Trout Lake
Operator State WA
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 98650
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 66WA
Departure City Trout Lake
Departure State WA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1410
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - roll
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Nov 26 2003 1:52PM
User who most recently changed record STAM
Since inspection or accident Last Inspection
Event Location Runway Number and Location 25
Runway Length 1800
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --