# Incident 20020309004559I: Cessna 182P, Corning, NY, March 9, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2002, 11:30 local time
- Place: Corning, NY
- Airport: Corning-Painted Post Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1801° N, 77.1217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORNING-PAINTED POST (7N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1801&lon=-77.1217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21137, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21137) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 850 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020309004559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/09/02, CESSNA N21137 WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 13 AT CORNING-PAINTED POST, NY AT THE TIME THE WEATHER WAS VFR CONDITIONS WITH THE WIND ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 160 DEGREES AT 15 TO 20 KTS. THE RUNWAY IS LINED WITH TREES AND IN A DEEP VALLEY. WHILE IN THE PATTERN, THE PILOT REPORTED MODERATE TURBULENCE AND WHILE ON FINAL HAD ABOUT 20 DEGREES OF CORRECTION FOR THE CROSS WIND. ON DESCENDING BELOW THE TREE LINE AND AT APPROX. 10 FEET, THE CROSSWIND STOPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED HARD ON THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED AND THE PILOT THEN COMPLETED THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT BUCKLED THE SKIN UNDERNEATH THE FUSELAGE. THIS OPERATION UNDER THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THIS AIRPORT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED WITH THE PILOT. THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N21137 (2)

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

- [Accident 19930515032719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930515032719A), May 15, 1993: Cessna 182P (N21137), Bath, NY, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on wet grass runway ran off end and nosed over into trees.
- [Accident 19760829027289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760829027289A), Aug 29, 1976: Cessna 182P (N21137), Old Forge, NY, Substantial damage. Hi sink rate on final.t/d on incline to rwy. Wind gusting 20K.

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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