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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182E · Alpine, TX · March 2, 2017

Date
March 2, 2017 · 20:00 local
Place
Alpine, TX
Airport
Alpine-Casparis Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2892Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA172
Reported as
Cessna 182E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
191 total25 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

On March 3, 2017 at approximately 8:10 local time N2892Y a Cessna 182 impacted a high game fence while performing touch and go landings at Alpine Casparis municipal airport. The accident aircraft was on final and about to touch down when a gust of wind caught the left wing causing the aircraft to want to go to the right. The pilot corrected by turning the yoke full left. The aircraft touched down with a bounce and became airborne again. At this point another gust of wind caught the wing forcing the aircraft off the right side of the runway. The pilot pulled back on the yoke and added power, the aircraft bounced in the dirt and then began to climb. The pilot thought he was clear but shortly after liftoff the right main gear caught the parameter fence and flipped the aircraft over. Both the pilot and passenger exited the aircraft with minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 3, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:10 LOCAL TIME N2892Y A CESSNA 182 IMPACTED A HIGH GAME FENCE WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT ALPINE CASPARIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL AND ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE LEFT WING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO WANT TO GO TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT CORRECTED BY TURNING THE YOKE FULL LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH A BOUNCE AND BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. AT THIS POINT ANOTHER GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE WING FORCING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AND ADDED POWER, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED IN THE DIRT AND THEN BEGAN TO CLIMB. THE PILOT THOUGHT HE WAS CLEAR BUT SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR CAUGHT THE PARAMETER FENCE AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER. BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

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