# Accident 20050925032269A: Cessna 182Q, Sagaponack, NY, September 25, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: Sagaponack, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8825° N, 72.3850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8825&lon=-72.3850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5203N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5203N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05CA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050925032269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2005 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PIC OF N5203N, A CESSNA 182, S/N 18267596. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM THE LAURENCE G. HANSCOM AIRPORT (BED), BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS TO A PRIVATE AIRPORT LOCATED IN SAGAPONACK, NY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ HAD PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE LAND OWNER TO LAND ON HIS PROPERTY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK THE CORNSTALKS WITH THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WITH THE RIGHT WING STRIKING THE GROUND. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS LIGHT. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY EITHER PERSON.

## 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 NYC05CA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA147), Sep 25, 2005: Cessna 182 (N5203N), Southampton, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.

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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