# Accident 20230114001049A: Cessna 182R, Las Alimas, CO, January 14, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2023, 11:30 local time
- Place: Las Alimas, CO
- Airport: City Of Las Animas - Bent Coun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0540° N, 103.2385° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0540&lon=-103.2385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9393H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9393H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,840 total, 2,172 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230114001049A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 14, 2023, AT LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AIRPORT (7V9) AT 1130 A.M. LOCAL, PIC CFI AND STUDENT WERE EXECUTING A NORMAL LANDING TO RUNWAY 26. STUDENT PILOT WAS AT THE CONTROLS. INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES WHICH WAS RECONFIRMED BY STUDENT. (STUDENT LATER STATED EXHAUST SMELL WAS NORMAL) LANDING PROFILE APPEARED NORMAL AND INSTRUCTOR STATED "WATCH OUT FOR POWER LINES" AT WHICH POINT THE STUDENT PITCHED UP, AIRCRAFT SPEED SLOWED AND THE STALL WARNING ACTIVATED. THE INSTRUCTOR HAD THE STUDENT ADD POWER. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND WAS VEERING LEFT. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED TO ADD FULL POWER WHICH THE STUDENT DID. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER LEFT STRIKING A PARALLEL T-POLE FENCE APPROXIMATELY 50' LEFT OF AND HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A PLOWED PASTURE LEFT WHEEL FIRST. LEFT LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF AND LEFT STRUT IMPALED THE SOD, SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT WHERE IT CAME TO REST FACING EAST.

## 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 CEN23LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA082), Jan 14, 2023: Cessna 182R (N9393H), Las Animas, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s loss of control during approach for landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the approach and delay in ensuring a go-around was performed at the onset of a…

## Other reports on N9393H (1)

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

- [Accident 19880131003309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880131003309A), Jan 31, 1988: Cessna 182R (N9393H), Pueblo, CO, Substantial damage. Made a hard landing from a stall 5 feet above runway. Windshield covered with ice. Pilot visibility was restricted.

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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