20081119854999I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182E · Eden Prairie, MN · November 19, 2008

Date
November 19, 2008 · 16:40 local
Place
Eden Prairie, MN
Airport
Flying Cloud
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N3210Y
Reported as
Cessna 182E
Reported engine
Continental O470*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
675 total525 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

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)During landing the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft in gusty crosswind conditions and decided to allow it to leave the runway instead of possibly ground looping the aircraft. There was no contact with any lights or equipment and no damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DURING LANDING THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS AND DECIDED TO ALLOW IT TO LEAVE THE RUNWAY INSTEAD OF POSSIBLY GROUND LOOPING THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH ANY LIGHTS OR EQUIPMENT AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.