# NTSB CHI08CA107: Cessna 182T, N46EF, Zionsville, IN, April 20, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 20, 2008, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Zionsville, IN
- Coordinates: 40.030555, -86.251388
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0306&lon=-86.2514&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration, Indianapolis FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68119
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI08CA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68119/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA107

## 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

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [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 182T, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072703), [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 · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 26 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: runway/taxi/approach light](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022012): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022012/cases.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 106 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022012/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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46EF), registered now, S/N 18280992 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182T
- Registry model: [Cessna 182T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (registry code 2072703) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18280992
- Airframe hours: 1015
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20080420835499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080420835499A), Apr 20, 2008: Cessna 182T, Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. (-23)In 04/20/2008, at approximately 1420 EDT, while landing on runway 18 at the Indianapolis Executive Airport (ktyq) during a pleasure flight, N46EF, a…

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.

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