# Accident 20190505003969A: Cessna 182Q, Marion, IN, May 5, 2019 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 5, 2019, 17:12 local time - Place: Marion, IN - Airport: Marion Municipal - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Other, Specify - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.4869° N, 85.6836° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4869&lon=-85.6836&mi=10 - Aircraft: N96974, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96974-2019-06-20) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 3 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 400 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA246) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190505003969A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MAY 5, 2019 AT 1712 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT) A CESSNA 182Q, N96974 CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING A ?GO AROUND? AT THE MARION INDIANA (MZZ) AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD; ALL ESCAPED WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES. THE WEATHER CONDITION WAS VFR AND THE WIND WAS CALM. THE MARION AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE CAMERA RECORDED THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE. THE VIDEO SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB WITH THE NOSE HIGH AND THE WINGS AT A VERY HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK. THE VIDEO DISPLAYS BUFFETING (ABRUPT PITCH CHANGES), FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE DESCENDING AND THE RIGHT WING DROPPING. THE AILERONS CAN BE SEEN POSITIONED FOR A LEFT ROLL YET THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ROLLING RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT, BANKING TO THE RIGHT AND DESCENDING, PROCEEDED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 DEGREES OF BANK THE RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED RIGHT, PIROUETTING APPROXIMATELY 300 DEGREES WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE GROUND, COMING TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE SHEARED FROM THE FUSELAGE AT THE FIREWALL. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE CARBURETOR FLOAT BOWL WAS TORN FROM THE CARBURETOR AND THE FUEL LINES WERE STRETCHED AND TORN. A FLAME IS VISIBLE IN THE VIDEO FROM THE MOMENT THE ENGINE WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE RIGHT FRONT AND REAR SEAT PASSENGERS EVACUATED APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THE PILOT AND THE LEFT REAR SEAT PASSENGER EVACUATED APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS LATER. THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE WAS CONSUMED BY A POST-CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE APPROACHED THE RUNWAY HE TRIMMED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE UP TO OFFSET THE NOSE HEAVINESS AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR UPON LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT DUE TO HIS NOT BEING COMFORTABLE WITH THE LANDING AND BEING PRETTY FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY, HE INITIATED A GO AROUND FROM THE BOUNCE. HE STATED THAT HE PLACED HIS THUMB ON THE ELEVATOR TRIM SWITCH IN ORDER TO TRIM THE NOSE DOWN, AND ADDED FULL THROTTLE. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE UP. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE STARTED TO PUSH THE YOKE FORWARD ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE NOSE, BUT THAT HE HESITATED DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE GROUND. HE ADDITIONALLY STATED THAT HE RAISED THE FLAP SWITCH TO RETRACT THE FLAPS, ADDING THAT IN HINDSIGHT THEY SHOULDN?T BE RAISED UNTIL HE ESTABLISHED THE AIRCRAFT?S PROPER ATTITUDE. HE STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE RIGHT WING BY APPLYING LEFT AILERON, HOWEVER THE CONTROLS WERE INEFFECTIVE. THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB WAS BENT DOWN APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES, WITH THE TAB HORN SHEARED. INSPECTION OF THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB JACK SCREW FOUND IT TO BE POSITIONED APPROXIMATELY TWO FULL TURNS FROM FULLY RETRACTED. INSPECTION OF THE ELEVATOR TRIM CONTROL CABLES FOUND THEM STILL UNDER TENSION. THE AFT SET OF STOP BLOCKS WERE APPROXIMATELY ONE AND ONE HALF INCH APART. ## 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 GAA19CA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA246), May 5, 2019: Cessna 182 (N96974), Marion, IN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's improper trim setting and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. 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. 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