- Date
- September 7, 2013, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hyannis, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3480FCessna 182J
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20130907018519A
- Case key
- 88014
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Probable cause
The pilot did not adequately compensate for the gusty wind conditions which resulted in a loss of directional control during the landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
Prior to landing, the pilot was unable to evaluate the wind direction and velocity at the airport due to the lack of a windsock and the lack of recorded weather information. The pilot evaluated the wind from a nearby lake. While landing on runway 17, the airplane encountered a gust of wind which blew the airplane into the weeds. The airplane struck a bale of hay and came to rest on its nose, resulting in substantial damage to the aft fuselage and empennage. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. The pilot indicated on his accident report form that the accident could have been prevented by maintaining a higher touchdown speed to compensate for the wind.
Factual narrative
Prior to landing, the pilot was unable to evaluate the wind direction and velocity at the airport due to the lack of a windsock and the lack of recorded weather information. The pilot evaluated the winds from a nearby lake. While landing on runway 17, the airplane encountered a gust of wind which blew the airplane into the weeds. The airplane struck a bale of hay and came to rest on its nose, resulting in substantial damage to the aft fuselage and empennage. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. The pilot indicated on his accident report form that the accident could have been prevented by maintaining a higher touchdown speed to compensate for the winds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3480F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257480
- Airframe hours
- 2,813
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 2012
- Departed
- KLMO · Longmont, CO
- Destination
- 1V2 · Hyannis, NE
- Airport
- 1V2 · Grant County Airport, runway 17, 3,975 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 145 total · 33 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- KAIA, 46 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 1, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.