- Date
- November 6, 2022, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Murdo, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N699XMCessna 182Q
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20221106017739A
- Case key
- 106264
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff with strong gusty surface winds.
Findings · 4
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
The pilot reported that after the airplane lifted off the ground, the wind blew the airplane harder than expected and he decided to set it back down on the runway, however, the airplane touched down half on and half off the runway. The pilot was unable to maintain control of the airplane due to the wind and it went down an embankment. The airplane nosed into the ground and sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot report 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 pilot was departing from runway 32 with winds from 290° at 27 gusting 37 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N699XM
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-67158
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 5,705
- Engine
- TCM 0-470-U, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 2022
- Airport
- 8F6 · Murdo Municipal Airport, runway 14/32, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot
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
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 2, 2022
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 425 total · 300 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 27 knots, gusting 37
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 2997.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KPIR
- METAR
- METAR KPIR 061853Z AUTO 29027G37KT 10SM CLR 08/M08 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 30037/1851 SLP155 T00781078
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 23, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.2 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.