# Accident 20180518016849A: Cessna 182A, Wickenburg, AZ, May 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2018, 08:20 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9686° N, 112.7989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9686&lon=-112.7989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4964D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4964D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,114 total, 598 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA285) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180518016849A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, WEATHER WAS CLEAR, VISIBILITY MORE THAN 10 MILES, WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE, TEMP ABOUT 75. COMPLETED THREE UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS, FOLLOWING FOURTH LANDING, PILOT HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT 20-25 MPH AND WAS RECONFIGURING THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT SUDDENLY TURNED HARD TO THE RIGHT. PILOT COULD NOT STOP TURN WITH RUDDER OR BRAKE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY, LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, LEFT WING TIP STRUCK GROUND AND PROP STRUCK GROUND STOPPING THE ENGINE. NO INJURIES.

## 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 GAA18CA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA285), May 18, 2018: Cessna 182 (N4964D), Wickenburg, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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