20040821019539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182S · Durango, CO · August 21, 2004

Date
August 21, 2004 · 15:00 local
Place
Durango, CO
Airport
Durango-La Plata County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N325PJ
Reported as
Cessna 182S
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
260 total30 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) At Durango la Plata airport the pilot reported that a gust, crosswind, blew him off the right side of runway 20 when he was flaring the aircraft for landing. The aircraft hit a runway light before coming to rest. There was minor prop damage and a wheel fairing was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT DURANGO LA PLATA AIRPORT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT A GUST, CROSSWIND, BLEW HIM OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 20 WHEN HE WAS FLARING THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT BEFORE COMING TO REST. THERE WAS MINOR PROP DAMAGE AND A WHEEL FAIRING WAS DAMAGED.