Primary finding
Probable cause
failure of pilot to adequately compensate for wind conditions on final approach and attain a proper touchdown point for landing. A factor relating to the accident was: the unfavorable wind condition.
Investigator assessment
Analysis narrative
The pilot checked the windsock and then made a downwind entry for landing. He reported that on final approach, he had a quartering headwind until just before landing. He said that just before touchdown, the wind stopped, and the airplane stalled (settled) onto sandy terrain about 50 feet short of the runway threshold and flipped over.
Source record
Factual narrative
On October 8, 1996, about 1315 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N759RE, landed short of runway 33 at Nehalem Bay State airport near Manzanita, Oregon. The airplane was substantially damaged, but the private pilot and his two passengers were not injured. The pilot stated that he checked the wind sock and then made a downwind entry for runway 33. He said that, on final approach, he had a quartering headwind until just prior to touchdown, when the wind stopped. The airplane stalled and flipped over in the sand about 50 feet short of the runway threshold. -