- Date
- November 7, 1988, 15:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2358XCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881107051979A
- Case key
- 7947
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
PIC was attempting to land at unfamiliar airport with narrow rwy, 25 feet wide, bounded by trees. He did not determine wind other than its general direction. Crosswind was four knots. On short final, after crossing over trees that were approach obstacles, with full flaps extended, he noticed that the acft was drifting toward the right boundary trees. He yawed the nose to the left slightly. Pilots manual states that the wing down crosswind correction method gives the best control. Just before touchdown the PIC elected to go around. The right wing struck the trees on the right side of the rwy. The pilot reported that two of the five pax were children.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2358X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256258
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Bowman, Marilyn J.
- Registered owner
- Marlyn J Bowman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1988 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- Burnt Chimney, VA
- Destination
- W88 · Greensboro, NC
- Airport
- W88 · Air Harbor, runway 27, 2,420 × 25 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 6 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 8 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.
Other investigations on N2358X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.