# Accident 20120512007869A: Cessna 182S, Arcola, TX, May 12, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2012, 18:26 local time
- Place: Arcola, TX
- Airport: Southwest Houston
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5061° N, 95.4767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5061&lon=-95.4767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N703MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N703MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182S (registry code 2072701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 595 total, 30 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA303) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120512007869A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WITH STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR LANDED ON CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 27 AT APPROX 18:30 WITH  EVERYTHING BEING NORMAL.  ON ROLL OUT AIRCRAFT STAYED CLOSE TO CENTER LINE APPROX 250 YARDS AND THEN BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT, GOING OFF THE RUNWAY, R/H MAIN GEAR HIT A TAXI WAY SIGN AND THEN WENT INTO A DITCH (TOTAL OF APPROX 1250 FT TO IMPACT) WITH APPROX THREE FOOT OF WATER.  AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER WHEN THE NOSE GEAR HIT MUD AND WATER.  NO INJURIES.   THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING DUE TO IMPACT.  DAMAGE INCLUDED WRINKLING OF THE LOWER WING SKIN, DAMAGE TO RIBS AND STRINGERS APPROXIMATELY TWO AND HALF FEET FROM THE WING TIP.  ALSO HAD WATER DAMAGE INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO BEING IN THREE FEET OF WATER.   FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE SAID, "MY CONTROLS"! TWICE BUT COULD NOT RECOVER.

## 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 CEN12CA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA303), May 12, 2012: Cessna 182S (N703MM), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot’s interference with the flight instructor’s attempted remedial…

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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