20241231021879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182M · Los Alamos, NM · December 31, 2024

Date
December 31, 2024 · 13:00 local
Place
Los Alamos, NM
Airport
Los Alamos
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N71074
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR25LA076
Reported as
Cessna 182M
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 12/31/2024 at 1300 local, there was reported windshear in the area of klam. The private pilot departed klam with no flight plan, in a Cessna 182M to conduct touch and goes at skx and experienced no windshear. Returning to lam, pilot experienced gusty conditions on final approach and adjusted airspeed 5 KTS higher than normal approach speed. On short final to rwy 27, aircraft stall warning horn activated at approximately 50 to 100 feet AGL and pilot continued approach. Just prior to touchdown, a gust of wind pushed the aircraft off of the runway and aircraft stopped off of the runway. Minor damage (nose gear collapsed) to the aircraft, no injuries and no property damage resulting in an incident report (incident). Pilot had made an appropriate correction to his approach airspeed but the windshear and gusty conditions prevailed. Jrk

As the FAA filed it

ON 12/31/2024 AT 1300 LOCAL, THERE WAS REPORTED WINDSHEAR IN THE AREA OF KLAM. THE PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED KLAM WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN, IN A CESSNA 182M TO CONDUCT TOUCH AND GOES AT SKX AND EXPERIENCED NO WINDSHEAR. RETURNING TO LAM, PILOT EXPERIENCED GUSTY CONDITIONS ON FINAL APPROACH AND ADJUSTED AIRSPEED 5 KTS HIGHER THAN NORMAL APPROACH SPEED. ON SHORT FINAL TO RWY 27, AIRCRAFT STALL WARNING HORN ACTIVATED AT APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 100 FEET AGL AND PILOT CONTINUED APPROACH. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, A GUST OF WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT STOPPED OFF OF THE RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE (NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED) TO THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING IN AN INCIDENT REPORT (INCIDENT). PILOT HAD MADE AN APPROPRIATE CORRECTION TO HIS APPROACH AIRSPEED BUT THE WINDSHEAR AND GUSTY CONDITIONS PREVAILED. JRK

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.