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Accident · Substantial damage
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FAA accident report · Cessna 182J · St. Paul, MN · December 26, 2011

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Date
December 26, 2011 · 14:00 local
Place
St. Paul, MN
Airport
St Paul Downtown Holman Fld
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2618F
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN12LA113
Reported as
Cessna 182J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
117 total8 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days
N2618FRegistration cancelled Jan 6, 2014 · Cessna 182JS/N 18256718 · Built 1965Airframe modelCessna 182JEngine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

^ Experienced a hard landing on rwy 14 at kstp airport. Aircraft ran off the west side of the runway following the collapse of the nose landing gear assy. The aircraft came to rest upright approximately 25 feet off the edge of the runway. The propeller blade tips and nose landing gear sustained substantial damage as a result of the hard landing forces and departure from the runway surface. Interview with the pilot indicated that due to very windy and gusty conditions he had made several attempts to land, specifically two attempts to rwy 27 and one attempt to rwy 14 all resulting in go arounds. On his fourth attempt, just slightly above touchdown onto the runway he reported experiencing a considerable downward force from the gusting winds which slammed the aircraft onto the runway causing the nosewheel strut to collapse which contributed to a loss of lateral directional control and resulted in the aircrafts departure from the runway. Weather reported at the time of accident was winds from 240 at 19 gusting to 26 with 10.5 miles clear visibility, VMC conditions.

As the FAA filed it

^ EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ON RWY 14 AT KSTP AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS AND NOSE LANDING GEAR SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING FORCES AND DEPARTURE FROM THE RUNWAY SURFACE. INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT INDICATED THAT DUE TO VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS HE HAD MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LAND, SPECIFICALLY TWO ATTEMPTS TO RWY 27 AND ONE ATTEMPT TO RWY 14 ALL RESULTING IN GO AROUNDS. ON HIS FOURTH ATTEMPT, JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE TOUCHDOWN ONTO THE RUNWAY HE REPORTED EXPERIENCING A CONSIDERABLE DOWNWARD FORCE FROM THE GUSTING WINDS WHICH SLAMMED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE NOSEWHEEL STRUT TO COLLAPSE WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO A LOSS OF LATERAL DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFTS DEPARTURE FROM THE RUNWAY. WEATHER REPORTED AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS WINDS FROM 240 AT 19 GUSTING TO 26 WITH 10.5 MILES CLEAR VISIBILITY, VMC CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CEN12LA113Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSt. Paul, MNThe pilot's decision to land on a runway with a gusting, quartering tailwind and his inadequate compensation for the wind, which resulted in a hard landing.Dec 26, 2011 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N2618F · 1

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

Incident 19900302009829IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Indianola, MSWhile taxiing, nose gear fell between two slabs of concrete and propeller struck ground.Mar 2, 1990 · Minor damage