# Accident 20030917024759A: Cessna 182P, St Louis, MO, September 17, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2003, 12:53 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7478° N, 90.3600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7478&lon=-90.3600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9072M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9072M) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 300 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030917024759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. STEPHEN DERDERIAN, THE ACCIDENT PILOT STATED THE FLIGHT AND LANDING ROLLOUT WERE NORMAL UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT VERY RAPIDLY. WHILE TRYING TO RESPOND TO THE RAPID CHANGE IN AIRCRAFT DIRECTION, HIS FEET BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE RUDDER PEDALS AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. HE ESTIMATED THE GROUND SPEED WAS ABOUT 35 KNOTS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. HE SAID HE WAS GROGGY ABOUT THE EVENTS AT THAT POINT. HIS NOSE WAS NOT BROKEN IN THE IMPACT, BUT LUGGAGE PILED FORWARD IN THE RAPID DECELERATION THAT FOLLOWED HAD SLAMMED HIS FACE INTO THE DASH--HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SHOULDER HARNESS. OBSERVATION OF THE CRASH SITE INDICATED THAT AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL RAN DOWN INTO A SHALLOW DEPRESSION THEN UP OVER A SHALLOW BERM. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ASSUME A ROTATION ATTITUDE AND BECOME AIRBORNE. IT RESULTED IN A FLIGHT OF ABOUT 70 FEET BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND VERY NOSE-LOW SHEARING THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROP SPINNER DUG INTO THE GRASS RESULTING IN ABOUT A 30 FOOT GROUND SCAR. THERE WAS NO PROP TIP DAMAGE, BUT BOTH BLADES WERE BENT INBOARD INDICATING THE ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. EVALUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT PRODUCED NO INDICATION OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. EVEN WITH THE NOSE WHEEL SHEARED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE RUDDER PEDALS MOVED FREELY AND CORRECTLY WITH FREE AND CORRECT RUDDER MOVEMENT. BRAKE PRESSURE ON THE PEDALS APPEARED TO BE NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS MAIN GEAR WHEN DOLLIED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE TO A HANGAR. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF DRAGGING BRAKES OR OTHER GEAR ABNORMALITIES. THE IMPACT ACTIVATED THE ELT.

## 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 CHI03LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA312), Sep 17, 2003: Cessna 182P (N9072M), St. Louis, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.

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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