- Date
- January 9, 1996, 06:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place
- Waukon, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2916FCessna 182J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960109046849A
- Case key
- 10189
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation, and his failure to maintain directional control while taxiing. Factors in the accident were the icy runway and the gusty wind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that while taxiing after touchdown, the airplane slid off the side of the runway, impacted a snowbank, and became inverted. He stated that the runway was covered with ice and there was a crosswind. The winds were reported from 330 degrees at 14 knots, gusting to 27.
Factual narrative
On January 9, 1996, at 0655 central standard time (cst), a Cessna 182J, N2916F, sustained substantial damage while taxiing after landing at Waukon Municipal Airport, Waukon, Iowa. The pilot and passenger reported no injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 pleasure flight originated from Ankeny, Iowa, at 0545 cst. No flight plan was on file and visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the accident.
The pilot reported that while taxiing after touchdown, the airplane slid off the side of runway 25 (2413' x 60'), impacted a snowbank, and became inverted. The pilot stated the runway was covered with ice and there was a crosswind.
A weather observation taken from Decorah Municipal Airport, located 12 NM west of Waukon, was taken 10 minutes before the time of the accident. The observation reported a measured ceiling of 1,000 overcast, ten miles viability, and winds from 330 degrees at 14 knots, gusting to 27 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2916F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257016
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rasmussen Group Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1995 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- IKV · Ankeny, IA
- Destination
- Y01
- Airport
- Y01 · Waukon Municipal, runway 25, 2,413 × 60 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,500 total · 450 in this make and model · 15,450 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 330° at 14 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEH, 12 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 N2916F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.