# Accident 19970104000159A: Cessna 182Q, Cleburne, TX, January 4, 1997 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 4, 1997, 10:40 local time - Place: Cleburne, TX - Airport: Cleburne Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.3537° N, 97.4338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEBURNE RGNL (CPT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3537&lon=-97.4338&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4732N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4732N-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 2 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97TA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97TA075) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970104000159A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. LANDING IN LEFT CROSSWIND. DRIFTED TO RIGHT. ABORTED HIT RISING TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER. (.19) ON JANUARY 4, 1997, AT 1040 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182Q, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE LANDING NEAR CLEBURNE, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO THE CIVIL AIR PATROL INC. AND OPERATED BY A CAP MEMBER UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GRAND PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT NEAR GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AT 0930. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT , HE WAS ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 33 WITH FULL FLAPS (40 DEGREES) WHEN HE BECAME AWARE OF A STRONG CROSS WIND AND A HIGH SINK RATE. THE AIRCRAFT "BOUNCED HARD" ON THE RUNWAY AND WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN, IT IMMEDIATELY VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND "FLIPPED" TO THE INVERTED POSITION. THE CAP INVESTIGATOR, WHO WENT TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, DETERMINED THAT A WINDSOCK WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE FIELD. (.4) THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A FULL FLAP LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 WITH A CROSS WIND FROM 250 DEGREES AT 10 GUSTING 15 KNOTS, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS ON SHORT FINAL WHEN HE BECAME AWARE OF 'THE CROSS WIND AND A HIGH SINK RATE.' THE PILOT FURTHER REPORTED THAT 'AT ABOUT 10 FEET [I] STARTED EXPERIENCING INSTABILITY AND APPLIED FULL POWER FOR GO-AROUND.' HE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, AND HE 'WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL OVER RUNWAY AND CLIMB.' WITNESSES REPORTED THAT 'THE AIRPLANE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS AT FULL POWER. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT HIT A DIRT BANK BESIDE THE RUNWAY, WHERE THE TERRAIN ROSE ABRUPTLY, THEN IT NOSED OVER. THE AIRPLANE'S PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK (POH) STATED THAT 'IN A BALKED LANDING (GO-AROUND), THE WING FLAP SETTING SHOULD BE REDUCED TO 20 DEGREES IMMEDIATELY AFTER FULL POWER IS APPLIED.' THE POH ALSO STATED THAT THE MAXIMUM DEMONSTRATED CROSSWIND VELOCITY FOR THIS AIRPLANE WAS 15 KNOTS. (-23) SEE NARRATIVE #FTW97TA075. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB FTW97TA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97TA075), Jan 4, 1997: Cessna 182Q (N4732N), Cleburne, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors relating to the accident were: the crosswind, and the dirt bank which… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.