# Incident 19951222046009I: Cessna 182D, Wilmington, DE, December 22, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1995, 14:50 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: Greater Wilmington-New Castle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7357&lon=-75.5321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3806D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3806D-2009-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 91 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951222046009I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 22, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 HOURS, A CESSNA CE-182, N3806D, PILOTED BY LARRY WITTE, A PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER (WIFE) EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTIES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND WITH A CROSS WIND ON RUNWAY 10 AT THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT, WILMINGTON, DE. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE LEFT WING TO RAISE FORCING THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT HEARD THE PROP STRIKE (NICK) THE RUNWAY AND HE PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND. HE CONTACTED THE TOWER AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. NEITHER PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD SELECTED RUNWAY 10 INITIALLY BECAUSE THE ATIS WAS REPORTING POOR STOPPING ON RUNWAY 32 DUE TO LARGE ICE PATCHES, AND NO ICE ON RUNWAY 10. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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