# Accident 20031228034109A: Cessna 182, Hudson, CO, December 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Hudson, CO
- Airport: Platte Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0997° N, 104.7011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0997&lon=-104.7011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5609B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5609B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,001 total, 432 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031228034109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 28, 2003 APPROXIMATELY 1200 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, N5609B, A CESSNA 182 (TAILWHEEL CONVERSION) REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT EXITED THE RUNWAY ON LANDING AT THE PLATTE VALLEY AIRPARK AT HUDSON, COLORADO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PILOT RATED PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE KELLY AIRPARK, AT ELBERT, COLORADO, APPROXIMATELY 1125. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 WITH A LEFT 30 DEGREE CROSSWIND. THE AIRPLANE GROUNDLOOPED TO THE LEFT, WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER CRUSHING THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER AND DAMAGING THE LEFT WING AND STRUT.

## 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 DEN04LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA034), Dec 28, 2003: Cessna 182 (N5609B), Hudson, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control due to an excessive crosswind component, resulting in an uncontrolled groundloop/swerve. Contributing factors were the crosswind gust and the soft,…

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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