# Accident 20111226028649A: Cessna 182J, St. Paul, MN, December 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2011, 14:00 local time
- Place: St. Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Downtown Holman Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9344° N, 93.0603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9344&lon=-93.0603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2618F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2618F-2014-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182J (registry code 2072722, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 8 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111226028649A

## Narrative

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

^ 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.

## 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 CEN12LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA113), Dec 26, 2011: Cessna 182J (N2618F), St. Paul, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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.

## Other reports on N2618F (1)

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

- [Incident 19900302009829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900302009829I), Mar 2, 1990: Cessna 182J (N2618F), Indianola, MS, Minor damage. While taxiing, nose gear fell between two slabs of concrete and propeller struck ground.

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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