# NTSB CHI82DA088: Cessna 182, N2039X, Sebring, OH, March 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1982, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Sebring, OH
- Coordinates: 40.919433, -81.019744 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9194&lon=-81.0197&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72588
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72588/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA088

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING LANDING, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE PLANE RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND OVERTURNED. HE REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE FROM 270 DEGREES AT 25 GUSTING 40 KNOTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2039X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2039X-1994-02-14), registration cancelled 1994-02-14, S/N 18256139 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (registry code 2072718) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18256139
- Airframe hours: 1664
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dick Tomasso
- Registered owner: Dick Tomasso
- Departed: DUNKIRK, NY
- Destination: SEBRING, OH
- Airport: 3G6, Tri City, runway 17, 2,900 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,035 total, 8 in this make and model, 943 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 25 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 126 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: 3G6

## 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 19820313003729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820313003729A), Mar 13, 1982: Cessna 182H, Sebring, OH, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in severe crosswind. Ran off runway, overturned. Condition exceeded pilot and aircraft control

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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