# Accident 20010629022679A: Cessna 182P, Mesa, AZ, June 29, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2001, 12:15 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4603° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4603&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7336Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7336Q-2010-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 28 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA224) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010629022679A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JUNE 29, 2001, AT 1215 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182P, N7336Q, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH WHILE LANDING AT MESA, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE; HOWEVER, THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. STRUCTURES, INC., WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM FALCON FIELD, MESA, ABOUT 1210 THAT AFTERNOON. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 22R WHEN IT RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH A DITCH, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND WRINKLING THE FIREWALL.       (-23) NO NARRATIVE.                                                        (.4) ON JUNE 29, 2001, AT 1215 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182P, N7336Q, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH WHILE LANDING AT MESA, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. STRUCTURES, INC., WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE AS  A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM FALCON FIELD, MESA, ABOUT 1210. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 22R. BETWEEN THE LANDING AND TAKEOFF OF A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS, APPLIED FULL THROTTLE, AND TURNED OFF THE CARBURETOR HEAT. HE DID NOT VERIFY THAT THE TRIM WAS IN THE CORRECT TAKEOFF POSITION. AFTER LIFTOFF, THE AIRPLANE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, LANDED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, CROSSED BACK OVER THE RUNWAY, AND CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 40 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY HEADING AT 11 KNOTS, AND THERE WERE NO GUSTS. THE CLOSEST WEATHER REPORTING STATION WAS PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT (PHX) ABOUT 17 STATUTE MILES EAST OF MESA AIRPORT, AND AT 1156, WAS REPORTING THE WINDS TO BE 250 AT 13 KNOTS.

## 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 LAX01LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA224), Jun 29, 2001: Cessna 182P (N7336Q), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper use of the rudder control to correct for torque and P-factor effects, which resulted in a loss of directional control and an inadvertent ground loop/swerve.

## Other reports on N7336Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19780301004909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780301004909A), Mar 1, 1978: Cessna 182H (N7336Q), Maui, HI, Substantial damage. Wind gusts to 35 knots.

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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