# Accident 20221228018799A: Cessna 182P, Logan, WV, December 28, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2022, 11:00 local time
- Place: Logan, WV
- Airport: Logan County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8562° N, 81.9150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8562&lon=-81.9150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8217M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8217M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-D (registry code 17236, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,240 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221228018799A

## Narrative

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

12/28/2022 - ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY AT LOGAN COUNTY AIRPORT (6L4) SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. OFF RUNWAY EXCURSION WAS APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET WITH A SLIGHT RIGHT-HAND TURN INTO AN EMBANKMENT. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED DURING IMPACT.

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT AND INTERVIEW, THE PIC STATED HE THOUGHT THE R/H BRAKE WAS STICKING. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BRAKE SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED AFTER AIRCRAFT RECOVERY WITH NO DESCREPANCIES NOTED. THE RUDDER WAS JAMMED FULL THROUGH OF THE R/H RUDDER PEDAL. THIS WAS INSPECTED POST AIRCRAFT RECOVERY AND DETERMINED THIS WAS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT IMPACT. RUDDER CONTROL CABLES INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE CONNECTED TO THE RUDDER.

## 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 ERA23LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA098), Dec 28, 2022: Cessna 182P (N8217M), Ethel, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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