- Date
- April 20, 2001, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Stromsburg, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6412KCessna 182L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20010420011889A
- Case key
- 53251
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Probable cause
the inadequate in-flight planning/decision and the flight to a destination alternate not performed by the pilot. Contributing factors were the crosswind and gusts.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane veered off of runway 20 upon the pilot's third landing attempt on a short field with a width of 21 feet. Based upon recorded weather information 33 nm northeast-east of the accident site, a 90-degree crosswind component of approximately 19 knots with gusts of 25 knots prevailed at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
On April 20, 2001, at 1425 central daylight time, a Cessna 182L, N6412K, piloted by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged on impact with terrain during a third landing attempt on runway 20 (2,210 feet by 21 feet, asphalt) at the Stromsburg Municipal Airport (11K), Stromsburg, Nebraska. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot reported no injuries. The flight departed from the Millard Airport, Omaha, Nebraska, at 1330, en route to 11K.
The pilot reported that a gust of wind pushed the airplane off the runway.
The Grand Island, Nebraska, automated surface observing system, reported wind to be from 100 degrees at 19 knots gusting to 25 knots at 1356.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6412K
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258889
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Downwind Enterpirses
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MLE · Omaha, NE
- Destination
- South Sioux, NE
- Airport
- 11K · Stromsburg Municipal Airport, runway 20, 2,210 × 21 ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 19 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.61 inHg
- Observed at
- GRI, 33 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6412K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.