# Accident 20200918012339A: Cessna 182S, Hollywood, FL, September 18, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2020, 13:53 local time
- Place: Hollywood, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9975° N, 80.2417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9975&lon=-80.2417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N234ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182S (registry code 2072701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,320 total, 329 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA323) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200918012339A

## Narrative

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

HOLLYWOOD, FL (HWO): N234ME, A C182, ATTEMPTED TO DEPART RUNWAY 28L,  BRIEFLY BECAME AIRBORNE AND THEN SETTLED BACK DOWN TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY OVER THE GRASS STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED RIGHT, CROSSED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS STRIKING ADDITIONAL LIGHTS AND A SIGN VEERED BACK LEFT CROSSED THE RUNWAY AND FINALLY CAME TO A STOP ON TAXIWAY L1.

## 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 ERA20LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA323), Sep 18, 2020: Cessna 182 (N234ME), Hollywood, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind takeoff, which resulted in a collision with airport lights and a sign.

## Other reports on N234ME (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070510009109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070510009109A), May 10, 2007: Cessna 182S (N234ME), Harvard, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) Upon landing on RW27 at Dacy Airport, Harvard, IL (K0C0), PIC reported excessive speed on final. Touchdown was hard, airplane bounced and came back down…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.