# NTSB CEN22LA368: Cessna 182P, N4691K, Midland, TX, August 4, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 4, 2022, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Midland, TX
- Coordinates: 32.04, -102.1 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0400&lon=-102.1000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- 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): 105689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA368
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105689/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105689
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA368

## Probable cause

The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while landing with gusting wind.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot; cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 48 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 25 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The student pilot reported that he was doing a touch and go on runway 7 when a “heavy south wind lifted [his] right wing.” The airplane touched down, bounced, and became airborne again. The student pilot attempted a go around; however, the airplane nosed down and the student pilot felt the propeller strike the ground. The nose landing gear separated, and the airplane came to rest on the edge of the runway. The lower forward fuselage sustained substantial damage. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the student pilot was landing the airplane on runway 7 with wind from 090° at 11 knots gusting to 20 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4691K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4691K), registered now, S/N 18263692 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263692
- Year built: 1975
- Airframe hours: 3305.3
- Engines: Continental O-470-S 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: 2b Air Group LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 19, 2022, 40 hours before
- Airport: KMAF, Midland Air Park, runway 07, 5,571 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 148 total, 128 in this make and model, 54 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 11 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 100 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: KMDD
- METAR: KMDD 042055Z AUTO 09011G20KT 10SM CLR 38/13 A2997 RMK AO2 T03760134

## 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 20220804014109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220804014109A), Aug 4, 2022: Cessna 182P, Midland, TX, Substantial damage. On August 4, 2022 at 1600 CDT, a Cessna 182 bearing the registration number [privacy data omitted], impacted rwy 07 at Midland Airpark, after a failed…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 23, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105689. 6.1 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 4.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15203122&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%206120%20CEN22LA368_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15201943&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Sheet-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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