# Accident 20030506010829A: Cessna 182S, Hatton, ND, May 6, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Hatton, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 47.5667° N, 97.6333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5667&lon=-97.6333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182ND (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,437 total, 140 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030506010829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 6, 2003, A CESSNA 182S FLOATPLANE, N182ND, OWNED BY MESS AERO, GRAND FORKS, ND; OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA; AND PILOTED BY WILLIAM KING WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE PERFORMING A STEP TURN DURING A 14 CFR, PART 141 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT COMPLETE THE TURN WITHOUT IMPACTING THE BEACH. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL, REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND ATTEMPTED TO BEACH THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT IN. THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED A TREE DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AND NOSE RIB. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT ON BOARD.

## 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 CHI03LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA122), May 6, 2003: Cessna 182S (N182ND), Hatton, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure by the flight instructor to maintain clearance to the tree. Contributing factors were the delayed remedial action by the flight instructor and the tree.

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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