# Accident 20000411042899A: Cessna R182, Cleveland, OH, April 11, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2000, 22:00 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4309° N, 81.8206° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4309&lon=-81.8206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6183T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00TA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00TA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000411042899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CGF, CUYAHOGA COUNTY AIRPORT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR CLE, CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT. EAST OF CLE AT 3000FT. MSL, AIRFRAME ICING WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE AIRCRAFT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED A CLEARANCE TO 4000FT. MSL. ATC HAD PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ICING AT 4000FT MSL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED FOR THE ILS 5R AT CLE. THE OBSERVER, A FORMER PIC CURRENTLY IN TRAINING TO RETURN TO FLIGHT DUTIES, WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. UPON BREAKING OUT IN VMC CONDITIONS, CLE ATC REQUESTED AND THE CREW ACCEPTED A SIDESTEP TO 5L. IN THE LANDING FLARE, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND HIT HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR FIRST. SUBSEQUENT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS CATEGORIZED AS SUBSTANTIAL. BOTH FLIGHT CREWMEMBERS WERE REMOVED FROM FLIGHT STATUS BY THE OPERATOR AND WENT THROUGH REQUALIFICATION TRAINING FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITION.

## 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 IAD00TA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00TA040), Apr 12, 2000: Cessna 182RG (N6183T), Cleveland, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional flight into known icing conditions which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush and hard landing. A factor in the accident was the icing conditions.

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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