# NTSB DFW08CA049: Cessna 182, N212CG, Austin, TX, December 22, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 22, 2007, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Austin, TX
- Coordinates: 30.524999, -98.358329
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5250&lon=-98.3583&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67294
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW08CA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67294/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA049

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.  A contributing factor was the gusting winds.

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rock(s)/boulder(s)

## Analysis

The private pilot stated as he approached the airport for a landing, the winds were reported as 320 degrees at 20-knots, gusting to 30-knots.  The pilot added, as he touched down for a landing, a gust of wind pushed the airplane to the right and off the 5,987-foot by 100-foot wide runway.  The pilot was unable to maneuver the airplane back onto the runway, and the airplane's nose-gear collapsed after impacting a rock.

## Factual narrative

The private pilot stated as he approached the airport for a landing, the winds were reported as 320 degrees at 20-knots, gusting to 30-knots.  The pilot added, as he touched down for a landing, a gust of wind pushed the airplane to the right and off the 5,987-foot by 100-foot wide runway.  The pilot was unable to maneuver the airplane back onto the runway, and the airplane's nose-gear collapsed after impacting a rock.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N212CG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N212CG-2009-04-20), registration cancelled 2009-04-20, S/N 18267988, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267988
- Engines: Continental O-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rare Tech Corp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: HOU, HOUSTON, TX
- Destination: 4R2, AUSTIN, TX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 4R2, Horseshoe Bay Airpark, runway 35, 5,978 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 185 total, 35 in this make and model, 149 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 23 knots, gusting 33
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 29.98 inHg
- Observed at: KBMQ, 14 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20071222829249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071222829249A), Dec 22, 2007: Cessna 182R, Austin, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 22, 2007, aircraft N212CG, piloted by [privacy data omitted] landed at Horseshoe bay Texas in a strong gusty crosswind. The airplane left the…

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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