Accident Cessna 182K N3098Q, Tuesday 16 January 1996

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Date:	Tuesday 16 January 1996
Time:	10:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 182K
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N3098Q
MSN:	18258098
Year of manufacture:	1967
Total airframe hrs:	2265 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-470
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Covington, LA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Picayune, MS (KPCU)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot landed midfield on the 2,800-foot grass runway to 'avoid mud at the approach end of the runway.' Following touchdown, the airplane rolled approximately 500 feet before the pilot applied braking; however, the grass was wet and the airplane went off the end of the runway.

Probable Cause: the pilot's delayed touchdown which resulted in a landing with inadequate runway remaining under the wet runway condition. A factor was the wet grass runway.

Accident investigation: