# Accident 20200917019919A: Cessna R182, Marksville, LA, September 17, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2020, 18:34 local time
- Place: Marksville, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0947° N, 92.0692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0947&lon=-92.0692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6208T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6208T-2025-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 467 total, 56 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA411) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200917019919A

## Narrative

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

09/18/2020

NARRATIVE OF EVENTS:

DROVE TO LAFAYETTE AIRPORT AFTER DARK WITH MY WIFE. GOT THE RENTAL BOOK FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND WENT OUT AND EXECUTED PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF N6208T. EVERYTHING NORMAL AND BOARDED AIRCRAFT. REQUESTED VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING AND TAXIED OUT TO RUNWAY 4R. AFTER NORMAL RUN UP AND ALL CHECKS COMPLETE TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 4R, PULLED BACK ON YOKE TO REDUCE MINOR SHIMMYING AND SLOWLY BROUGHT YOKE BACK TO REGULAR POSITION FOR DEPARTURE EXITING TO THE NORTH. ROUTINE FLIGHT TO MARKSVILLE MUNICIPAL AND MADE NORMAL LANDING. TAXIED TO MAIN BUILDING TIE DOWN AREA. SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND DEPARTED AIRCRAFT FOR BIO BREAK. ANOTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, BOARDED FOR RETURN TO LAFAYETTE REGIONAL. NORMAL STARTUP AND ANNOUNCED MY INTENTIONS WHILE TAXING TO RUNWAY 4. TAXIED TO HOLD LINE ON RU WAY 4 FOR A RUN UP. ALL CHECKS COMPLETE AND ANNOUNCED MY INTENTIONS ON THE COMMON FREQUENCY· TURNED ONTO RUNWAY, PULLED THE YOKE BACK TO ELIMINATE SHIMMY AND STARTED TO ADD POWER, CHECKED ENGINE PERFORMANCE, ADDED MORE POWER. NOSE SEEMED TO DROP A BIT, ADDED MORE POWER. CHECKED ENGINE PERFORMANCE AGAIN, HAND ON THROTTLE AND YOKE, THEN NOSE DROPPED MUCH LOWER THEN MADE GROUND CONTACT. PULLED POWER, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN RUNWAY SWERVING TO THE LEFT AND STOPPED IN THE GRASS. TURNED OFF KEY, MASTER SWITCH, REMOVED MYSELF AND WIFE FROM AIRCRAFT. CALLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND AIRPORT MANAGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## 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 CEN20CA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA411), Sep 17, 2020: Cessna R182 (N6208T), Marksville, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, during which he failed to ensure the landing gear handle in the “down” position which resulted in the landing gear retracting during takeoff, a loss of…

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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