# NTSB CEN13CA559: Cessna 182Q, N94303, Goodhue, MN, September 22, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 22, 2013, 10:50 local (15:50 UTC) - Place: Goodhue, MN - Coordinates: 44.401111, -92.6875 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4011&lon=-92.6875&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 3, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Minneapolis FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 88130 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13CA559 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88130/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88130 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA559 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 397 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010/cases.md) - [Personality/attitude: complacency](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021020): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot; cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021020/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Prior to flight: Preflight or dispatch event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/030); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/030/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 355 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/030/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was landing on a 30 foot wide wet grass runway. The left wingtip of the 36 foot wide airplane impacted 8 foot tall corn on the left edge of the runway and the airplane exited the left side of the runway and came to rest in the tall corn. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. ## Factual narrative The pilot was landing on a 30 foot wide wet grass runway. The left wingtip of the 36 foot wide airplane impacted 8 foot tall corn on the left edge of the runway and the airplane exited the left side of the runway and came to rest in the tall corn. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N94303](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94303), registered now, S/N 18266404, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q - Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18266404 - Year built: 1978 - Airframe hours: 1684 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Destination: 6MN7, Goodhue, MN - Airport: 6MN7, Sodbuster Strip, runway 18, 1,562 × 30 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 527 total, 37 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 150° at 13 knots, gusting 17 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 59 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: KSYN, 15 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 20130922018959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130922018959A), Sep 22, 2013: Cessna 182Q, Goodhue, MN, Substantial damage. Pilot was attempting a southerly landing at his private airstrip near Goodhue, MN. Weather at stanton, MN (approximately 20 statue miles wnw of accident site)… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 18, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88130. 1.9 MB in all. - Memorandum - NTSB Form 6120.1 was not received (item 1, .PDF, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40404894&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20-%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1%20was%20not%20received-Master.PDF - Reports from Local Agencies - Sheriff's Report - including narrative of their interviews with the pilot and the passenger (item 2, .PDF, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40404895&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Reports%20from%20Local%20Agencies%20-%20Sheriff%27s%20Report%20-%20including%20narrative%20of%20their%20interviews%20with%20the%20pilot%20and%20the%20passenger-Redacted.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. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.