# NTSB CEN26LA214: Cessna 182, N2056X, Dickinson, ND, May 28, 2026 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 28, 2026, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC) - Place: Dickinson, ND - Coordinates: 46.800474, -102.80443 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8005&lon=-102.8044&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 11, 2026 - 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): 203098 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN26LA214 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203098/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=203098 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA214 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during landing in gusting wind conditions which resulted in a hard landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182H, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2072718), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182H, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=2072718), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/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 182H, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072718), [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-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182H, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072718), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that during landing the airplane ballooned and she executed a go-around. Before the airplane accelerated for the go-around it struck the ground hard and then became airborne again. The pilot said that during the second landing attempt a wind gust picked the airplane up and it hit the runway hard and began to porpoise. She believed that the airplane hit hard twice before she was able to get the airplane stopped. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The airplane received substantial damage to the forward fuselage. The recorded wind at the accident airport were reported as 23 kts, gusting to 32 kts. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2056X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2056X), registered now, S/N 18256156, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (H) - Registry model: [Cessna 182H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (registry code 2072718) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18256156 - Year built: 1965 - Airframe hours: 4702 - Engines: Continental O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 4, 2025, 35 hours before - Departed: GTF, Great Falls, MT - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: DIK, Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Rgnl, runway 14/32, 7,301 × 150 ft, concrete - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 5, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 949 total, 323 in this make and model, 805 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 19 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 23 knots, gusting 32 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 50 °F - Altimeter: 30.01 inHg - Observed at: KDIK - METAR: METAR KDIK 281656Z AUTO 17023G32KT 10SM CLR 28/10 A3001 RMK AO2 PK WND 17032/1654 SLP142 T02830100 ## 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 20260528005849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260528005849A), May 28, 2026: Cessna 182H, Dickinson, ND, Substantial damage. The pilot in command (PIC) initiated a go-around after an unsuccessful first landing in gusty winds. During the second attempt, a sudden gust caused the… ## Other investigations on N2056X (1) 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. - [NTSB NYC69D0477](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69D0477), May 1, 1969: Cessna 182 (N2056X), Camillus, NY, substantial damage ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 11, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=203098. 6.2 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 5.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20637869&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Accident photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 3 photos, 378 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20638679&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-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.