# Accident 20230707017459A: Cessna 182Q, Chesterfield, VA, July 7, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2023, 14:53 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Airport: Richmond Executive/Chesterfiel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4100° N, 77.5284° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4100&lon=-77.5284&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759HD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N759HD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 237 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230707017459A

## Narrative

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

UPON RETURN TO FCI, PILOT REPORTED SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS, INCLUDING RAIN SHAFT MOVED OVER FCI BUT MOVED TO THE EAST, AND WAS OTHERWISE CALM WITH NO TURBULENCE.

PILOT SAID HE FLEW NORMAL FINAL APPROACH AND FLARED. HE SAID THE PLANE ABRUPTLY NOSED UP BRIEFLY, THEN DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED BACK UP. HE WENT AROUND. HE SAID THE RUDDER CONTROL WAS DIFFICULT AND THE PLANE WANTED TO STEER TO THE RIGHT (WHICH IS EXPLAINED BY BENT TORQUE TUBES FROM IMPACT). HE MADE A SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, BUT NOTED THAT A CROSSWIND BLEW THE PLANE WELL OFF RUNWAY CENTERLINE WHILE IN THE FLARE. HE EXECUTED A SECOND GO-AROUND. DURING HIS THIRD ATTEMPT, HE WAS ABLE TO LAND NORMALLY.

METAR RECORDED 5 MIN AFTER LANDING SHOWED 10SM VISIBILITY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN. CEILING WAS GREATER THAN 3000’. THE REMARKS WERE LIGHTNING DISTANT NORTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST, AND RAIN BEGAN AT 14:37 EDT. CRUCIALLY, THE WIND WAS NOT REPORTED ALL DAY.

## 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 ERA23LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA299), Jul 7, 2023: Cessna 182 (N759HD), Richmond, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s delay in performing a go-around after a likely encounter with low-level wind shear, resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s failure to recognize the…

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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