# NTSB ANC22LA055: Cessna 182C, N757R, Port Moller, AK, May 22, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 22, 2022, 07:30 local (15:30 UTC) - Place: Port Moller, AK · Private airstrip at remote lodge - Coordinates: 56.136541, -160.4533 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.1365&lon=-160.4533&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 105520 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC22LA055 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105520/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105520 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA055 ## Probable cause The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, which did not detect a screw in the control yoke column, and his failure to confirm flight control continuity before takeoff. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Inspection: preflight inspection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510/cases.md?model=2072708), [All aircraft, 551 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061510/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182C, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2072708), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182C, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2072708), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he remembered only portions of the accident sequence due to injuries sustained in the accident. He said that during takeoff from a remote, grass-covered site, as the airplane accelerated, he recalled discovering that there was no elevator control when he moved the control yoke aft. The next thing he remembered was being upside-down in the airplane immediately after the accident. The airplane subsequently impacted terrain, sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and vertical stabilizer. After the accident, a camp helper told the pilot that due to windy conditions the prior evening, he had placed a large screw through the hole in the control yoke column, but he had forgotten to tell him. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N757R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N757R), registered now, S/N 52554, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C - Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 52554 - Year built: 1960 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Business, Part 91 - Operator: Shepard Peter M, doing business as Bear River Lodge /Outfitters - Registered owner: Shepard Peter M - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2022, 15 hours before - Destination: Z52, Port Moller, AK - Airport: Bear River Lodge - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 69; injuries: serious; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: helicopter, airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 20, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 35,949 total, 15,000 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days, 85 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 290° at 20 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 50 °F - Observed at: 0.25 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20220522007519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220522007519A), May 22, 2022: Cessna 182C, Point Moller, AK, Destroyed. On may 22, 2022 at approximately 0700 AKDT, a Cessna 182, N757R was destroyed when it was involved in an accident at Point Moller, Alaska. The commercial… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105520. 155 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 154 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14336223&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC22LA055%206120%20signed_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 938 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14335142&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20ANC22LA055-Rel.pdf 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. 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