# Accident 19980425007719A: Cessna 182, Emporia, KS, April 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1998, 13:35 local time
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Airport: Emporia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4096° N, 96.1895° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4096&lon=-96.1895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5305B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5305B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,258 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980425007719A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED GUSTY SURFACE WIND PICKUP A WING LANDING. LOST CONTROL. FLIPPED OVER.(.4) THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 AT THE EMPORIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, EMPORIA, KANSAS. THE TOUCHDOWN WAS HARD WHICH CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR. THE PILOT DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. WHILE INITIATING THE GO-AROUND, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED LEFT. BEFORE THE PILOT COULD CORRECT FOR THE DRIFT, THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE PIVOTED AROUND THE WING IMPACTING INTO GROUND ONTO ITS NOSE. FOLLOWING THE PILOT'S EXIT OF THE AIRPLANE, A GUST OF WIND CAME UP. THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES. THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (ASOS) AT EMPORIA, KANSAS, REPORTED WINDS FROM 210 DEGREES MAGNETIC AT 25 KNOTS, WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS. (-23) SOLO PILOT OF CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRPLANE ALLOWED GUSTY SURFACE WIND TO GET UNDER WING DURING LANDING, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. WE WILL REEXAMINE.

## 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 CHI98LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA135), Apr 25, 1998: Cessna C-182 (N5305B), Emporia, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. Factors contributing to this accident were the strong crosswind and the wind gusts.

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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