# Accident 20110206002079A: Cessna 182D, Quartzsite, AZ, February 6, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Quartzsite, AZ
- Airport: Quartzsite Private Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7444° N, 114.4772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7444&lon=-114.4772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8859X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8859X-2013-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 276 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110206002079A

## Narrative

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

1.  AT APPROXIMATELY 16:00 PST ON FEBRUARY 6, 2010 N8859X, A CESSNA 182D, BEGAN A TAKE OFF ROLL ON THE PRIVATE DIRT AIRSTRIP LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF QUARTZSITE, AZ.2.  THE TAKE OFF DIRECTION WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST.3.  A WEATHER REPORTING STATION DOES NOT EXIST AT THIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.  WINDS AT KBLH, AN AIRPORT 27 MILES TO THE WEST, WERE REPORTED 020 DEGREES AT 17 MILES PER HOUR. WITNESSES AT THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP STATED THE WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR.4.  DURING THE TAKE OFF ROLL N8859X VEERED LEFT (EAST) OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK N7122P, A LEGEND XL POWERED PARACHUTE WHICH WAS PARKED TO THE LEFT (EAST) OF THE RUNWAY.5.  N8859X THEN CONTINUED THE TAKE OFF AND PROCEEDED TO KPSP.6.  UPON LANDING AT KPSP THE PILOT WAS IDENTIFIED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  N8859X, THE CESSNA 182D SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.8.  N7122P, THE LEGEND XL POWERED PARACHUTE, WAS DESTROYED

## 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 WPR11CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA124), Feb 6, 2011: Cessna 182D (N8859X), Quartzsite, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind and subsequent loss of directional control, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a parked aircraft.

## Other reports on N8859X (1)

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

- [Accident 19800719027639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800719027639A), Jul 19, 1980: Cessna 182D (N8859X), Hanksville, UT, Substantial damage. Lost control on bad landing and attempt to go around. Drifted off runway, settled back. Hit fence.

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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