# Accident 19990423020379A: Cessna 182K, Picayune, MS, April 23, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1999, 14:34 local time
- Place: Picayune, MS
- Airport: Picayune Pearl River County Ar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5194° N, 89.6701° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5194&lon=-89.6701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2699Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2699Q-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990423020379A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 23, 1999, ABOUT 1434 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182K, N2699Q, REGISTERED TO GEORGIA AIRCRAFT SALES, INC., EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE LANDING AT THE PICAYUNE PEARL RIVER COUNTY AIRPORT, PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  ONE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 1215 FROM THE TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TROY, ALABAMA.  ACCORDING TO FAA PERSONNEL, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS HIGHT AND FAST ON FINAL APPROACH AND THE LANDING WAS HARD.  THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED THEN VEERED SHARLY TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY, ONTO GRASS, AND TRAVELED THROUGH A 6-8 INCH DITCH COLLAPSIN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRPLANE THEN TRAVELED THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE COMING TO REST ON A ROAD ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT. (-23) DURING LANDING AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES.  PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY, TRAVELED THROUGH A DITCH AND STRUCK A FENCE.  (.4) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A HARD LANDING IN A CROSSWIND AND AT THAT TIME, THE NOSE LANDIN G GEAR WAS DAMAGED UPON THE INITIAL IMPACT. DURING THE LANDING ROLL AFTER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE MADE A VIOLENT AND UNCONTROLLABLE TURN TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE.  RUBBER TRANSFER ON THE RUNWAY FROM ALL LANDING GEARS AND PROPELLER CONTACT MARKS ON THE RUNWAY WERE NOTED.  A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED, PITCHED NOSE DOWN, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES, THEN REMAINED ON THE GROUND AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA99LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA141), Apr 23, 1999: Cessna 182K (N2699Q), Picayune, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to recover from the bounced landing resulting in collapse of the nose landing gear. A finding in the accident was the crosswind weather condition that existed at the time of…

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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