# Accident 19990116000489A: Cessna 182M, Longmont, CO, January 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1999, 13:15 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1691° N, 105.1095° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1691&lon=-105.1095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555NP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555NP-2000-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182M (registry code 2072728, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,562 total, 78 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990116000489A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS TO MAKE A LOW APPROACH IN FRONT OF HIS HOME WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND CRASHED ONTO A STREET IN FRONT OF HIS HOME. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN.  (.4)THE PILOT SAID HE MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH A FRIEND TO OBSERVE THE AIRPLANE IN SLOW FLIGHT. AT AN ALTITUDE OF 500 FEET AGL (ABOVE GROUND LEVEL), THE PILOT REDUCED POWER ADDED FLAPS, AND APPROACHED HIS RESIDENCE.  THE LIGHT EAST-NORTHEAST WIND INCREASED IN VELOCITY AS HE TURNED, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO 'SINK' AND TURN LEFT.  THE PILOT 'ATTEMPTED TO (TURN) WITH NO EFFECT.'  HE SAID THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A WREN STOL CONVERSION, WHICH MADE THE CONTROLS 'VERY HARD AND SLOW.  AS (THE AIRPLANE) WAS CONFIGURED, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT WHENEVER THE WIND IS NOT ON THE NOSE.'  THE PILOT SAID HE HAD LOST CONSIDERABLE ALTITUDE AND COULD NOT MANEUVER BECAUSE OF HIS PROXIMITY TO HOUSES AND OTHER STRUCTURES.  HE INTENTIONALLY 'PUT (THE AIRPLANE) ON THE GROUND.' A WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE TWICE DESCEND 'AT A RAPID RATE OF SPEED,' THEN MAKE 'A STEEP ASCENT BACK INTO THE AIR.'  THE AIRPLANE BANKED 'AT A 65 DEGREE ANGLE' AND SEEMED TO 'PIVOT.'  THE WITNESS 'DID NOT SEE, AT ANY TIME, THE PLANE'S WINGS DIP AS IF IT WER  E FIGHT WINDS.' THE PILOT TOLD A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY THAT 'A CROSSWIND PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND.'

## 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 DEN99LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA032), Jan 16, 1999: Cessna 182M (N555NP), Longmont, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's poor judgment by intentionally buzzing. A factor was an unfavorable wind that caused inadequate altitude/clearance to maneuver and avoid nearby houses.

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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