- Date
- April 28, 2006, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1129PCessna 182T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Milwaukee FSDO
- FAA report
- 20060428007039A
- Case key
- 63685
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing which resulted in a runway excursion and collapse of the nose landing gear. A contributing factor was the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition. Additional factors were the downhill slope and the ditch encountered during the accident sequence.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was engaged in a solo instructional flight when after landing on runway 21, the aircraft departed the left side of the runway. The airplane subsequently encountered a downhill slope and a ditch which caused the nose landing gear to collapse, resulting in substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures associated with the airplane prior to the accident. Winds were from 140 degrees at 8 knots about the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
On April 28, 2006, about 0945 central daylight time, a Cessna 182T, N1129P, piloted by a student pilot on a solo instructional flight, was substantially damaged during a runway excursion while landing on runway 21 (7,200 feet by 150 feet, concrete) at Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN), Madison, Wisconsin. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The student pilot was not injured. The flight departed Lake in the Hills Airport (3CK), Lake in the Hills, Illinois, about 0900.
The student pilot reported that after establishing contact with MSN approach control, she was cleared for a straight-in approach to runway 21. She stated "upon landing the plane veered left into the grass." She noted that the airplane went down a hill and encountered a "gully." The nose gear collapsed during the accident sequence. She stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures associated with the airplane prior to the accident.
Winds recorded by the MSN Automated Surface Observing System at 0953 were from 140 degrees at 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1129P
- Reported as
- Cessna 182T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18281584
- Airframe hours
- 3.3
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2005
- Departed
- 3CK · Lake in the Hil, IL
- Destination
- MSN · Madison, WI
- Airport
- MSN · Dane County Regional, runway 21, 7,200 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 31 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.