20110312006589A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182T · Waynesburg, PA · March 12, 2011

Date
March 12, 2011 · 12:05 local
Place
Waynesburg, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N65944
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA188
Reported as
Cessna 182T
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
863 total786 in this make and model31 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.

At approximately 12:05 EST on 03/12/2011 at greene county airport (way) Waynesburg, PA.15370. A Cessna 182T, N65944 piloted by privacy data omitted, private pilot certificate no. privacy data omitted Departed runway 27 during the landing roll out phase of flight. The aircraft exited runway 27 at a 45-50 degree angle, approximately 1300FT down the runway. The right main sunk approximately 3 inches in the turf and the nose wheel dug a furrow 6 inches deep 18 feet long. Striking the propeller 5 times , the momentum at deceleration caused the aircraft flip over coming to rest with the longitudinal axis pointing southwest. The aircraft sustainedg substantial damage. The PIC the sole occupant received minor injuries. Damage consisted of; propeller-all three propeller blades bent backwards. Note: pictures show one blade bent forward this was done during relocation of aircraft. Left fuselage-skin wrinkles at upper and lower aft corner of door frame. Skin wrinkled top of cabin. Left wing-lower wing skin wrinkled left wing strut bent at wing attach point. Horizontal stabilizer and rudder have damaged to top. Note; damage was done to the aft fuselage and dorsal fin after the accident during relocation of aircraft. A chain was wrapped around the aft fuselage and a crane picked up the entire aircraft. Right wing, aileron, flap, and strut all severely damaged. Nose landing gear/ engine mount bent to the left.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 12:05 EST ON 03/12/2011 AT GREENE COUNTY AIRPORT (WAY) WAYNESBURG, PA.15370. A CESSNA 182T, N65944 PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 27 DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT PHASE OF FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY 27 AT A 45-50 DEGREE ANGLE, APPROXIMATELY 1300FT DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT MAIN SUNK APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES IN THE TURF AND THE NOSE WHEEL DUG A FURROW 6 INCHES DEEP 18 FEET LONG. STRIKING THE PROPELLER 5 TIMES , THE MOMENTUM AT DECELERATION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT FLIP OVER COMING TO REST WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS POINTING SOUTHWEST. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINEDG SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PIC THE SOLE OCCUPANT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF; PROPELLER-ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES BENT BACKWARDS. NOTE: PICTURES SHOW ONE BLADE BENT FORWARD THIS WAS DONE DURING RELOCATION OF AIRCRAFT. LEFT FUSELAGE-SKIN WRINKLES AT UPPER AND LOWER AFT CORNER OF DOOR FRAME. SKIN WRINKLED TOP OF CABIN. LEFT WING-LOWER WING SKIN WRINKLED LEFT WING STRUT BENT AT WING ATTACH POINT. HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER HAVE DAMAGED TO TOP. NOTE; DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AFT FUSELAGE AND DORSAL FIN AFTER THE ACCIDENT DURING RELOCATION OF AIRCRAFT. A CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE AFT FUSELAGE AND A CRANE PICKED UP THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT. RIGHT WING, AILERON, FLAP, AND STRUT ALL SEVERELY DAMAGED. NOSE LANDING GEAR/ ENGINE MOUNT BENT TO THE LEFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.