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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182M · Cadiz, OH · September 19, 1998

Date
September 19, 1998 · 17:50 local
Place
Cadiz, OH
Airport
Harrison County Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N91538
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
313 total20 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(.4) During the landing flare, a wind gust pushed the airplane's left wing up, the right main landing gear touched down and the pilot forced the left wing down 'hard'. The airplane departed the right side of runway 31, collided with a ditch parallel to the runway and nosed over. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. He also reported that he recently purchased the airplane and had accrued approximately 20 flight hours in make and model. A witness reported that the wind was 'blowing off and on all day and was gusting at about 7 or 8 knots from the southwest.'

As the FAA filed it

(.4) DURING THE LANDING FLARE, A WIND GUST PUSHED THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING UP, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND THE PILOT FORCED THE LEFT WING DOWN 'HARD'. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 31, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE. HE ALSO REPORTED THAT HE RECENTLY PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE AND HAD ACCRUED APPROXIMATELY 20 FLIGHT HOURS IN MAKE AND MODEL. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE WIND WAS 'BLOWING OFF AND ON ALL DAY AND WAS GUSTING AT ABOUT 7 OR 8 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST.'