# NTSB CEN20CA355: Cessna 182, N710NA, Odessa, TX, August 20, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 20, 2020, 09:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Coordinates: 31.922222, -102.384719 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9222&lon=-102.3847&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101841
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20CA355
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101841/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101841
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA355

## 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.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182B, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072706), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182B, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072706), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072706), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Post-impact: Fire/smoke (post-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170); cases with it: [Cessna 182B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170/sequence.md?model=2072706), [All aircraft, 354 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of a tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that during the landing roll out, the airplane swerved left, so he added control inputs to stop the swerve. The airplane continued to turn 300°, experienced a ground loop, the right main landing gear collapsed, and the propeller struck the ground. A small fire erupted near the fuel selector which the pilot was unable to extinguish. The airplane was destroyed after the fire consumed most of the airplane. There were no reports of any pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N710NA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N710NA-2021-05-26), registration cancelled 2021-05-26, S/N 52297, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182 (B)
- Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52297
- Year built: 1959
- Airframe hours: 4681.9
- Engines: Continental O-470 SERIES reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 4, 2020
- Departed: KGLE, Gainesville, TX
- Destination: ODO, Odessa, TX
- Airport: ODO, Odessa Airport-Schlemeyer, runway 16, 5,003 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed; last flight review July 31, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,530 total, 799 in this make and model, 1,439 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: KODO

## 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 20200820013689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200820013689A), Aug 20, 2020: Cessna 182B, Odessa, TX, Destroyed. On August 20, 2020, at approximately 0950 , a Cessna 182B aircraft bearing registration number N710NA, registered to a private individual, ground looped after…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 9, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101841. 11.8 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 6.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10176826&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Police photos (item 2, PDF, 17 pages, 5.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10176836&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=PLANE%20CRASH_Redacted%201-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. Compare the reported make and model.

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