SEA94LA226

Factual narrative

On August 30, 1994, approximately 1430 hours Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 182P, N1316S, registered to Scenic Air Service, Inc., and being flown by Douglas P. Pflugradt, a commercial instrument-rated pilot, sustained substantial damage when the nose gear collapsed during impact with a berm, following a loss of control on landing. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. No flight plan had been filed and visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the accident. The flight, which was personal in nature, was to have been operated in accordance with 14CFR91, and originated from Troutdale at 1400 hours. In a written statement, the pilot reported that he set up for a short field landing. Just before touch down, the pilot reduced power and flared the airplane. The pilot stated that the airplane "apparently stalled and bounced hard." The pilot opted to not go around, due to the short runway and rising terrain to the west. When the airplane settled onto the runway, the left main landing gear was off the runway edge. During the pilot's efforts to regain directional control, the airplane rolled along the left side of the runway and the nose gear collided with a berm at the edge of a road that crosses the runway. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane slid to a stop. The road crosses the runway and is flush at its intersection. The berm, however, extended alongside the road outside of the runway environment. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN, THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND FLARED THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND BOUNCED. WHEN THE AIRPLANE SETTLED, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE PILOT'S EFFORTS TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED A BERM AT THE EDGE OF A ROAD THAT CROSSES THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12