NTSB Identification: WPR13CA079
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Tuesday, January 01, 2013 in Chiloquin, OR
Probable Cause Approval Date: 04/10/2013
Aircraft: CESSNA 182P, registration: N58677
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.
After the private pilot and flight instructor conducted a low pass over a snow-covered runway, the private pilot proposed returning to their home airport. However, the flight instructor elected to demonstrate a soft field touch-and-go landing on the snow-covered runway before the return flight. When the airplane touched down, the snow was deeper than the flight instructor anticipated, and the airplane slowed faster than he expected. The pilots added full power and increased back pressure on the control yoke; however, the airplane pitched forward on its nosewheel and then rolled right and left, striking both wings and substantially damaging both main wing spars. The pilots reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The flight instructor’s failure to maintain airplane control during a landing on a snow-covered runway.
After conducting a low pass over the runway to judge the height of the snow, the flight instructor elected to demonstrate a soft field touch-and-go landing. When the airplane touched down, the snow height was greater than he anticipated and the airplane slowed faster than he expected. Full power was applied and the airplane pitched forward. The airplane continued forward on its nose wheel and rolled to the right and left, striking both wings on the ground which substantially damaged both main wing spars. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Oregon State Police photo
Plane loses control on snow-covered Chiloquin airport
Two people were uninjured Tuesday afternoon when their plane received minor damage attempting a touch-and-go landing on the snow-covered Chiloquin Airport runway.
Two people were uninjured Tuesday afternoon when their plane received minor damage attempting a touch-and-go landing on the snow-covered Chiloquin Airport runway.
According to Trooper Aaron Boyce, on January 1, 2013 at approximately 3:15 p.m., a Cessna 182 attempted a touch-and-go landing at Chiloquin Airport on the runway which was closed due to about 18 inches of piled up snow.
As the airplane’s wheels touched ground, it dug into the snow and the 31-year old pilot, Brett Hopper, couldn’t pull the plane back up as he lost control. The wings and nose of the plane hit the ground damaging the prop and wings.
The pilot and 34-year old male passenger were not injured.
A small airplane crash landed at the Chiloquin State Airport Tuesday afternoon following a botched touch-and-go landing attempt, according to Dewaine Holster, fire chief for the Chiloquin-Agency Lake Rural Fire Protection District.
A Cessna 182 piloted by Brett Hopper of Grants Pass intended to land briefly on the snow covered airstrip and immediately take off again, Holster said.
