# Accident 20040222022439A: Cessna 182P, Titusville, PA, February 22, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2004, 15:20 local time
- Place: Titusville, PA
- Airport: Titusville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6086° N, 79.7411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6086&lon=-79.7411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7388N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7388N) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 125 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040222022439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. NASRALLA STATED THAT HE OBTAINED A COMPUTER WEATHER BRIEFING AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 ON 2/22/04, AND DEPARTED 6G1 IN N7388N AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. RETURNING TO 6G1 HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36. WIND WAS APPROXIMATELY 310 AT 6 KNOTS. HE STATED THAT UPON LANDING HE ENCOUNTERED AREAS OF DRIFTED AND SLUSHY SNOW 1" TO 2" DEEP WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND DID NOT RESPOND TO RUDDER INPUT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT USE DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SKIDDING AND THAT HE ADDED THROTTLE TO IMPROVE CONTROL (PERHAPS 200 RPM) BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER LEFT. HE ENCOUNTERED A HEAVY PLOWED SNOWBANK ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN A TAIL LOW ATTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT DEEPLY FURROWED THE SNOW APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET BEFORE ROLLING RIGHT AND PITCHING OVER. THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WINGTIP TOUCHED THE RUNWAY AND CRUMPLED AS THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED, HEADING 200 DEGREES WITH THE RIGHT WINGTIP APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY EDGE. THE LEFT LIFT STRUT WAS COLLAPSED AND BOTH WINGS AND VERTICAL STABILIZER WERE BENT AND WRINKLED.

## 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 IAD04CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA012), Feb 22, 2004: Cessna 182P (N7388N), Titusville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. A factor in the accident was the snow bank.

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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