- Date
- September 20, 2007, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Rosa, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8033MCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20070920825179A
- Case key
- 66728
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A contributing factor was the crosswind.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was landing on runway 19. During the landing roll a sudden gust of wind from the left (east) lifted the wing and blew the airplane off the runway to the right. The right landing gear sheared off and the airplane slid through a ditch and up an embankment, coming to a stop approximately 60 feet to the right side of the runway. An examination of the airplane showed substantial damage to the fuselage and vertical and horizontal stabilizers. An examination of the airplane's systems showed no anomalies. The reported winds at Tucumcari, New Mexico, 53 nautical miles east of the accident site, at 1153 mountain daylight time, were 190 degrees at 14 gusting to 18 knots.
Factual narrative
According to a statement by the pilot, he was landing on runway 19. During the landing roll, "a sudden gust of wind from the left (east) lifted the wing [and] blew the airplane off the runway to the right." The right landing gear sheared off and the airplane slid through a ditch and up an embankment, coming to a stop approximately 60 feet to the right side of the runway. The airplane's vertical stabilizer and right horizontal stabilizer were bent and the fuselage was buckled. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies prior to the accident. The reported winds at Tucumcari, New Mexico, 53 nautical miles east of the accident site, at 1153 mountain daylight time, were 190 degrees at 14 gusting to 18 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8033M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264531
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James W. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CDS · Childress, TX
- Destination
- I85 · Santa Rosa, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- I58 · Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport, runway 19
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
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 116 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N8033M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.