- Date
- April 20, 2008, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Zionsville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46EFCessna 182T
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration, Indianapolis FSDO
- FAA report
- 20080420835499A
- Case key
- 68119
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the crosswind landing. Contributing to the accident were the gusting crosswind and the runway light.
Findings · 5
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 was practicing touch-and-go landings with a 90-degree right crosswind of 11 knots, gusting to 15 knots. During touchdown the right wing began to rise as the airplane drifted to the left. The pilot stated that he "overcorrected" for the left drift and the airplane skidded off the right side of the runway. The left wing was substantially damaged when it struck a runway light. According to the pilot, the accident could have been prevented if he had increased his landing speed, used less than full wing flaps, and had maintained directional control by keeping the upwind wing down longer during landing.
Factual narrative
The pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings with a 90-degree right crosswind of 11 knots, gusting to 15 knots. During touchdown the right wing began to rise as the airplane drifted to the left. The pilot stated that he "overcorrected" for the left drift and the airplane skidded off the right side of the runway. The left wing was substantially damaged when it struck a runway light. According to the pilot, the accident could have been prevented if he had increased his landing speed, used less than full wing flaps, and had maintained directional control by keeping the upwind wing down longer during landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46EF
- Reported as
- Cessna 182T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18280992
- Airframe hours
- 1,015
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eagle Flyers II, LLC.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2008
- Departed
- TYQ · Zionsville, IN
- Destination
- TYQ · Zionsville, IN
- Airport
- TYQ · Indianapolis Executive Airport, runway 18, 5,501 × 100 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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 1, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 334 total · 28 in this make and model · 264 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 11 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- TYQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.