# Accident 20061016024289A: Cessna 182R, Dexter, MO, October 16, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2006, 18:00 local time
- Place: Dexter, MO
- Airport: Dexter Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: M0HM
- Location: 36.7939° N, 89.9411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7939&lon=-89.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N873MP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07TA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07TA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061016024289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS PILOT IN COMMAND FLYING N873MP, A CESSNA 182 IN PUBLIC USE FOR THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ LANDED THE AIRPLANE AFTER EXECUTING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO DEXTER, MO AIRPORT (DXE) ON RUNWAY 36. UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ NOTICED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HAND ELEVATOR OUTBOARD TIP AND MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INSPECTED BY MID-CONTINENT, A CESSNA DEALERSHIP, WHICH DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE TO BOTH THE ELEVATOR AND LANDING GEAR COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO MULTIPLE HARD LANDINGS OVER TIME AND NOT TO ONE EVENT. ADDITIONALLY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ HAS STATED HE AND OTHER PILOTS GENERALLY FLY APPROACHES AT APPROXIMATELY 110-120 KNOTS AND IS COMMON PRACTICE IN AIRCRAFT USED BY THE MHP.

## 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 CHI07TA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07TA015), Oct 17, 2006: Cessna 182R (N873MP), Dexter, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper runway selection for landing and the pilot's inadequate flare. A factor was the tailwind.

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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