# Accident 20170812024759A: Cessna 182T, Quitman, MS, August 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2017, 13:15 local time
- Place: Quitman, MS
- Airport: Clarke County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0400° N, 88.7281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0400&lon=-88.7281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N147DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N147DD-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 (registry code 41808, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ab1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-AB1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 64 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA492](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA492) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170812024759A

## Narrative

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

FAA DID NOT GO TO THE SEE OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT IS FROM THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF N147DD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE AWOKE THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2017 AND WAS READY FOR HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE MET WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THEY REVIEWED THE WEATHER FOR KHBG AND FOR THE PROPOSED ARRIVAL AIRPORT 23M. WEATHER WAS ACCEPTABLE AND A THROUGH PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN PROPERLY ENDORSED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR THE PROPOSED FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN DEPARTED KHBG FOR 23M AND COMPLETED THE FLIGHT SUCCESSFULLY LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 AT 23M. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BACKED TAXIED TO RUNWAY 16 FOR A SOUTHERLY DEPARTURE BACK TO KHBG. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED AN ENGINE RUNUP AND ONCE SUCCESSFUL RELEASED THE BRAKES FOR TAKEOFF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRFIELD THERE WHERE SEVERAL HILLS. BETWEEN 45 TO 50 KNOTS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ENTERED AN AREA BETWEEN TWO HILLS WHERE HE SAYS HE ENCOUNTERED AN UNEXPECTED RIGHT TO LEFT (WEST TO EAST) CROSSWIND. THIS CROSSWIND CAUGHT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OFF GUARD AND HIS AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY TO HIS LEFT (EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY). ON THAT SIDE OF THE AIRPORT IS A GULLY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED DOWN THE GULLY AT SUCH AN ANGLE AND SPEED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE LEFT WING AND PROPELLER THEN STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP ON IT?S BACK. IT SLIDE TO A FINAL STOP IN THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE GULLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNHURT IN THE ACCIDENT BUT COULD NOT EXIT THE AIRCRAFT VIA EITHER DOOR. HE HAD TO KICK OUT THE PILOT?S SIDE WINDOW AND EXIT THAT WAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN RECEIVED HELP FROM THE AIRPORT MANAGER. AFTER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DEEMED ALRIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED AND HE THEN CALLED HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN USED HIS OWN AIRCRAFT TO FLY FROM KHBG TO 23M. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A FAASTEAM REPRESENTATIVE AND KNEW TO CONTACT THE FAA. AFTER THE FAA AND NTSB WERE NOTIFIED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT FROM 23M TO KHKS. IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAVE PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED OF THEM BY THE FAA.

## 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 GAA17CA492](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA492), Aug 12, 2017: Cessna 182 (N147DD), Quitman, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in gusting wind conditions after passing a large hill.

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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