# Accident 19981213033329A: Cessna 182R, Glenwood Spring, CO, December 13, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1998
- Place: Glenwood Spring, CO
- Airport: Glenwood Springs Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5405° N, 107.3291° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5405&lon=-107.3291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9854C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9854C-2000-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981213033329A

## Narrative

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

ACFT TOUCHED DOWN, BEGAN OSCILLATING, AND WENT OF THE RWY. (.19) ON DECEMBER 13, 1998, AT 1150 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182R, N9854C, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING ROLL AT GLENWOOD SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 FROM SAINT GEORGE, UTAH, TO GLENWOOD SPRINGS, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY WITNESS INFORMATION, A HARD LANDING WAS OBSERVED FOLLOWED BY OSCILLATIONS DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH SOME PIPE WHICH WAS STACKED BESIDE THE RUNWAY. (-23) WITNESS REPORTS INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ITS NOSEWHEEL TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE. AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED INTO THE AIR, TOUCHED DOWN, STRIKING THE TAIL ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A SECOND TIME HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK OFF THE TAIL TIE DOWN RING. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED POWER, RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT              VEERING TO THE LEFT AND LEAVING THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT TRAVELED A SHORT DISTANCE ON THE GROUND, BECAME AIRBORNE, AND STRUCK A CHAIN LINK FENCE BORDERING THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK A FOUR FOOT HIGH PIPE RACK CONTAINING STEEL GAS PIPES APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 FEET IN LENGTH AND 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON TOP OF THE FENCE AND PIPE RACK.

## 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 DEN99LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA025), Dec 13, 1998: Cessna 182RG (N9854C), Glenwood Spring, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A contributing factor is his inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N9854C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810312009569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810312009569A), Mar 12, 1981: Cessna 182R (N9854C), Gaithersburg, MD, Substantial damage. Landed long, applied brakes. Airplane skidded off departure end of runway down a hill and overturned.

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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