Hurst Landing Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Wenatchee, Washington 98802
Tuesady, June 2, 2009 9:15 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot stated that while landing the airplane touched down too far down the runway, resulting in a runway overrun. During the landing roll, the airplane exited the departure end of the runway and impacted a tree. Subsequently, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot said that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's misjudged approach and failure to attain the proper touchdown point.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/2/2009
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 915
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City Wenatchee
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 98802
Event Date Year 2009
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 472359N
Event Location Longitude 1201239W
Event Location Airport Hurst Landing
Event Location Nearest Airport ID PVT
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 650
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 855 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 120
Weather Observation Facility ID EAT
Elevation of weather observation facility 1249
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 3
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) 21
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 150
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
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 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 25584
NTSB Notification Source FAA Operations Center
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Jun 18 2009 5:22PM
User who most recently changed record coos
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N1015F
NTSB Number WPR09CA276
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed Unknown
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model A185F
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 18502684
Certified Max Gross Weight 3320
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
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 May 11 2009 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 10
Airframe Hours 3300
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type Unknown
Aircraft Owner Name YANKEE WATERBIRD LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 4750 HURST LANDING RD
Aircraft Owner City ROCK ISLAND
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 98850-9201
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name KENNETH W. PATON
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City CASHMERE
Operator State WA
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 98815
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
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 No
Departure Airport Code 8S2
Departure City Cashmere
Departure State WA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 900
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City Wenatchee
Destination State WA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jun 18 2009 5:22PM
User who most recently changed record coos
Since inspection or accident Last Inspection
Event Location Runway Number and Location 27
Runway Length 1200
Runway Width 80
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --