# Accident 20090422006679A: Cessna 182T, Rangely, CO, April 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Rangely, CO
- Airport: Rangely
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0897° N, 108.7578° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0897&lon=-108.7578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345TJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N345TJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 182 total, 15 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090422006679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM LARAMIE, WY AT ABOUT 10:30.  HIS DESTINATION WAS SCOTTSDALE, AZ.  ON THE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 THE AIRSPEED WAS APPARENTLY TOO FAST AS THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED DOWN THE RUNWAY.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY IT BOUNCED BACK UP INTO THE AIR AND THEN HE CONINUED TO FLOAT ABOUT 35 FEET.  AFTER THE SECOND CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT AGIAN BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AND WENT ABOUT 41 FT 9 IN.  AFTER THE THIRD CONTACT THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS AND TAXI-WAY SIGN, A5; IT THEN CONTINUED INTO THE DIRT AND CAME TO REST BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY FACING SOUTH, 160 DEGREES.  IT TRAVELED 274 FT 10 IN AFTER LEAVING THE RUNWAY.IGN, A5; IT THEN CONTINUED INTO THE DIRT AND CAME TO REST BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY FACING SOUTH, 160 DEGREES.  IT TRAVELED 274 FT 10 IN AFTER LEAVING THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN09CA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA264), Apr 22, 2009: Cessna 182T (N345TJ), Rangely, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind.

## Other reports on N345TJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20091229053629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091229053629I), Dec 29, 2009: Cessna 182T (N345TJ), Osceola, MO, Minor damage. During a late night VFR x/c flight, PIC climbed above clouds that had developed enroute. PIC mismanaged GPS system & became disoriented. He contacted ftw afss…

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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