# Accident 20080424835509A: Cessna 182, Romeo, MI, April 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2008, 17:54 local time
- Place: Romeo, MI
- Airport: Romeo State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7964° N, 82.9744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7964&lon=-82.9744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5358B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5358B) (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*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 1,928 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080424835509A

## Narrative

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

PLANNED LANDING AT KUNTSMAN AIRPORT (PRIVATE GRASS STRIP) FLEW NON STANDARD PATTERN TO LAND ON RWY 36 WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND. PIC STATED THAT ABOUT 3' AGL LIFT WAS LOST SO HE APPLIED POWER. AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND IN A RIGHT SLIP CAUSING LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG TO SHEAR ABOVE WHEEL AND SEPARATE FROM AIRCRAFT STRIKING LEFT WING FLAP AND LEADING EDGE OF LEFT STABILATOR. NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM STRUT DUE TO FAILURE OF LOWER FORK TO TUBE ATTACH FITTING. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO THE ROMEO STATE AIRPORT (D98) WHERE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON RUNWAY 18. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE WHILE THE ENGINE WAS BEING SHUTDOWN.

## 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 CHI08LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA115), Apr 24, 2008: Cessna 182 (N5358B), Romeo, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The misjudged landing flare by the pilot, and the inadequate landing gear inspection/repair procedure used by other maintenance personnel, resulting in the failure of the main landing gear strut…

## Other reports on N5358B (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040925031949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925031949I), Sep 25, 2004: Cessna 182 (N5358B), Ray, MI. (-23) Investigation reveals that there were no regulatory violations or procedural errors that would have been causal to this incident. This was a tandem…
- [Incident 19810722052059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810722052059I), Jul 22, 1981: Cessna 182 (N5358B), Crosswell, MI, 1 fatal. Main chute failed to open. Actuated emergency chute near ground. To late for deployment. Loose belly band main chute

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.