# Accident 20120617011559A: Cessna 182P, Woodland, CA, June 17, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2012, 12:36 local time
- Place: Woodland, CA
- Airport: Watts-Woodland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6736° N, 121.8719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6736&lon=-121.8719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7437Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7437Q-2014-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 44 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120617011559A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 17, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1239 PDT, CESSNA 182P AIRPLANE, N7437Q, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT WATTS-WOODLAND AIRPORT (O41), WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES; THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY IMPACT FORCES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. FAA INVESTIGATORS RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM A WITNESS, WHO INDICATED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT FROM HIS HOME ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY, THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS ON APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 36. THEN HE HEARD AN INCREASE IN ENGINE POWER, THE AIRPLANE PITCHED STRAIGHT UP, AND IT ROLLED INTO A RIGHT BANK.ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AS THE RESULT OF A HARD LANDING, HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE BY APPLYING FULL POWER AND SELECTING FLAPS TO THE UP POSITION. HOWEVER, HE DIDN'T THINK THE AIRPLANE HAD ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO MAINTAIN LIFT, AND THEN HE FELT A SUDDEN RIGHT TURN TOWARD THE EAST. CONSEQUENTLY HE LOST CONTROL; THE AIRPLANE WINGED OVER TO THE LEFT, AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR MID-FIELD BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE WINDSHIELD FIREWALL AREA. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT, UPON IMPACT, A PASSENGER REMARKED THAT THE YOKE WAS IN A FULL AFT POSITION. DURING POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, FAA INSPECTORS FOUND A TIP OF A PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY AND LATER MATCHED IT TO THE AIRPLANE'S PROPELLER.INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS DID NOT REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES.

## 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 WPR12CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA268), Jun 17, 2012: Cessna 182P (N7437Q), Woodland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent path during the approach to land, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing, and his improper retraction of the flaps during the subsequent attempted…

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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