# Accident 20021113032319A: Cessna 182Q, Orlando, FL, November 13, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2002, 14:24 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5456° N, 81.3331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5456&lon=-81.3331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95745, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95745-2003-06-11) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021113032319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSPECTOR STATEMENT: ON NOVEMBER 13, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 CST, WILLIAM WARREN MILLS, HOLDER OF PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 422424358, DEPARTED PENSACOLA, FLORIDA IN CESSNA 182, N95745, ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES TRIP TO ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, ORLANDO, FLORIDA. ONE PASSENGER ACCOMPANIED MR. MILLS ABOARD N95745. N95745 ARRIVED AT ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 14:24 EST ON NOVEMBER 13, 2002, AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25. WIND WAS REPORTED FROM 020 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS. SUCH WIND INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED OT N95745, BY THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER, DURING ISSUANCE OF THE LANDING CLEARANCE. AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 25, N95745 DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 25. N95745 CONTINUED IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 25 ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 240 DEGREES FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET UNTIL ENCOUNTERING A TAXIWAY LOCATED PERPENDICULAR TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 25. THE NOSE GEAR OF N95745 STRUCK THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT OF THE TAXIWAY, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TO SHEAR OFF SLIGHTLY BELOW THE SCISSORS ATTACHMENT COLLAR. N95745 CONTINUED ACROSS THETAXIWAY, SKIDDING ON THE REMAINDER OF THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN N95745 REACHED THE OPPOSITE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY, THE NOSE GEAR STRUT DUG INTO THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE PREVIOUSLY CROSSED TAXIWAY, IN AN INVERTED POSITION, WITH THE NOSE ALIGNED TO A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 060 DEGREES. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. A POST CRASH INSPECTION OF N95745 REVEALED NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT, AND THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 MIA03LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA015), Nov 13, 2002: Cessna 182Q (N95745), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The poor in-flight planning by the pilot-in-command for his failing to request a runway more aligned with the wind and his failure to maintain directional control after landing resulting in collapse…

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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