# Accident 20100503033129A: Cessna 182M, Angwin, CA, May 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2010, 16:00 local time
- Place: Angwin, CA
- Airport: Angwin-Parrett Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5800° N, 122.4353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5800&lon=-122.4353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91603, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91603-2012-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182M (registry code 2072728, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,416 total, 1,410 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100503033129A

## Narrative

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

AN EYEWITNESS STATED THAT HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN APPROXIMATELY 500FT. BELOW TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE AND AT THE WRONG SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. HE UTILIZED RUNWAY 16 AND FOR THIS RUNWAY ALL TURNS ARE TO THE LEFT NOT LIKE HE DID TO THE RIGHT. HE FOLLOWED THIS WRONG PATTERN AFTER AN INITIAL GO AROUND. DURING HIS SECOND APPROACH TO LANDING HE WAS CONTINUOUSLY FIGHTING TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY UTILIZING BANK ANGLES BETWEEN 20 AND 40 DEGREES. HE TOUCHED DOWN FIRMLY AND THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN TO APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RAPIDLY DROPPED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID WITH THE LEFT WING LOWERED IN A SHALLOW RIGHT ARC EXITING THE RUNWAY AND SLIDING INTO A DITCH. THERE THE FORWARD MOTION WAS ARRESTED WHEN THE NOS DUG ITSELF INTO THE GROUND SUBSEQUENTLY RAISING THE TAIL TO AN ALMOST VERTICAL POSITION UNTIL IT CAME TO A REST. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE APPROACHED WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND AN AIR SPEED OF 75 MPH. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN HE STATED THAT E ENCOUNTERED A QUARTERING GUSTING LEFT TAILWIND. HE OPTED NOT TO GO AROUND AND INSTEAD LOWERD THE FLAPS TO FULL.

## 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 WPR10CA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA227), May 3, 2010: Cessna 182M (N91603), Angwin, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind resulting in the loss of directional control during the landing roll.

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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