# Accident 20010303009049A: Cessna 182Q, Melbourne, FL, March 3, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2001, 10:45 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 28.1028° N, 80.6458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1028&lon=-80.6458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4949N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4949N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010303009049A

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED A PRACTICE INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AT MELBOURNE AIRPORT, AND HE PLANNED TO PERFORM A TOUCH-AND-GO. DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND INCREASED THROTTLE.  THE PILOT THEN STATED THAT THE LEFT WING OF THE PLANE STARTED COMING UP, AND THE NOSE YAWED 30 DEGREES TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO COTTECT WITH APPLICATION OF LEFT AILERON AND RIGHT RUDDER, BUT BY THEN THE PLANE HAD DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH.  THE AIRPLANE THEN NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE COMMERCIAL/ATP-RATED PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 MIA01LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA090), Mar 3, 2001: Cessna 182Q (N4949N), Melbourne, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll of the touch-and-go landing resulting in the on ground collision with a ditch and…

## Other reports on N4949N (1)

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

- [Incident 19990315018339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990315018339I), Mar 15, 1999: Cessna 182Q (N4949N), Marco Island, FL, Minor damage. 88 Days since last night flight, pilot performing 3 requiered night landings sharing flight time with Mr. Sheeini civil air patrol members. On 2nd landing…

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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