- Date
- May 2, 2001, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1491SCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Orlando FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010502038829A
- Case key
- 52223
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of flight controls during a bounced landing, and subsequent collision with the ground. A factor of the collision is the rough and uneven terrain.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was on final approach to land when the pilot experienced a strong crosswind. Upon landing the airplane bounced on the runway, the nose of the airplane impacted the ground and the airplane flipped inverted.
Factual narrative
On May 2, 2001, at 1030 eastern daylight time, a Cessna C182P, N1491S, flipped over during a crosswind landing on the grass strip at Chalet Suzanne Air Strip, Lake Wales, Florida. The personal flight was conducted by the pilot under provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with an instrument flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged. The airline transport pilot and his three passengers were not injured. The flight departed Ocala Regional Airport, in Ocala, Florida, at 1000.
According to the pilot, during a crosswind landing on runway 36 at Chalet Suzanne Air Strip, "while making a normal approach, right after the nose lowered to the ground, the nose either hit a rock or hole. The nose pitched up and down repeatedly. The nose of the plane dug into the turf and the airplane flipped on its back". The airplane came to rest inverted. The pilot stated that the runway was rough and uneven terrain. The pilot and passengers then exited the airplane.
The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane. Examination of the airplane failed to disclose any mechanical malfunction or component failure. A review of recorded weather data disclosed that, weather conditions at the time of the accident showed winds 090 at 14 knots. According to The Pilot Operating Handbook, the maximum demonstrated crosswind is 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1491S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265038
- Airframe hours
- 2,851
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Kell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 2001 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- OCF · Ocala, FL
- Destination
- X25 · Chalet Suzane, FL
- Airport
- X25 · Lake Wales Chalet Suzane, runway 36, 2,800 × 60 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- November 10, 1999
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,500 total · 100 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.