# Accident 20220703012189A: Cessna 182H, Petaluma, CA, July 3, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2022, 18:44 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8414S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8414S-2023-12-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 413 total, 410 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220703012189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED LITTLE RIVER AIRPORT, CA (LLR) AT APPROXIMATELY 17:49 PDT HEADED TOWARDS PETALUMA AIRPORT (O69), DIRECT ROUTE TO POINT REYES VOR (PYE) AT WHICH POINT THE PILOT TURNED EAST TOWARDS O69. AT ABOUT 5 MILES FROM O69 THE PILOT RECEIVED AUTOMATED AWAS INFORMATION THAT REPORTED INCLUDED WIND INFORMATION OF 270° AT 11 GUSTING TO 16 VARIABLE 240° TO 310°.  PILOT PROCEEDED FOR THE DOWNWIND ENTRY FOR RUNWAY 29.  PILOT SET 20° AND FLEW A STANDARD APPROACH.  PILOT NOTED THE WINDSOCK WAS SHOWING A CROSSWIND AT TOUCHDOWN.  THE PILOT FELT A GUST OF WIND AND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AT WHICH TIME HE APPLIED FULL POWER FOR A GO-AROUND.  AS THE PLANE LIFTED IS IMMEDIATELY WEATHER-COCKED INTO THE WIND APPROXIMATELY 90° TO THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE THE AIRSPEED OR ALTITUDE TO AVOID COLLIDING INTO THE HANGARS.

## 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 WPR22LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA241), Jul 4, 2022: Cessna 182H (N8414S), Petaluma, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a go-around in gusting wind conditions.

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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