# NTSB CEN24LA336: Cessna 182D, N9020X, Coopersville, MI, August 31, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 31, 2024, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: Coopersville, MI - Coordinates: 43.052282, -85.927449 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0523&lon=-85.9274&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) - 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): 195046 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA336 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195046/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195046 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA336 ## Probable cause The loss of airplane control while landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Unknown/Not determined (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182D, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md?model=2072710), [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md) - [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 182D, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072710), [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 · Unknown/Not determined (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182D, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072710), [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. - [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182D, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=2072710), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md) ## Analysis Law enforcement received a report of an airplane crash at a private airstrip, and upon arrival, discovered a damaged airplane that had been moved off the airstrip. The accident pilot was not located at the accident site. Following the accident, a local law enforcement officer briefly talked to the reported pilot who denied operating the airplane. During a subsequent interview, the pilot stated that he had been operating the airplane earlier that day but reported the accident occurred while taxiing the airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage and left wing. Postaccident examination of the accident site revealed the airplane’s landing gear contacted the ground short of the airstrip, and the airplane entered adjacent corn vegetation. Embedded corn stalks were found in the damaged outboard left wing. The pilot did not submit the National Transportation Safety Board form 6120.1, Pilot/OperatorAircraft Accident/Incident Report. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9020X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9020X), registered now, S/N 18253420, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D - Registry model: [Cessna 182D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (registry code 2072710) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18253420 - Year built: 1961 - Engines: Continental O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; flight hours: 650 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 29.97 inHg - Observed at: KGRR, 16 nm away - METAR: KGRR 312153Z 28009KT 10SM SCT050 SCT200 26/14 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02610139= ## 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 20240831014939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240831014939A), Aug 31, 2024: Cessna 182D, Coopersville, MI, Substantial damage. On August 31, 2024, at approximately 1530 local time, a Cessna 182 aircraft, [privacy data omitted], registered to and flown by a private pilot received… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 11, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195046. 317 KB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 2 pages, 92 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18007369&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%206120%20Letter_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� FAA inspector 8020-23 narrative (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 70 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18196722&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20MOR-Rel.pdf - Photo array (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 155 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18007750&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-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. --- 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.