- Date
- February 21, 2009, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Westminster, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N139RACessna 182S
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20090221002429A
- Case key
- 73386
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to stop the airplane within the available runway after touchdown.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he failed to abort the landing early in the landing sequence for Runway 32, an 1,840-foot-long, 30-foot-wide asphalt runway, and that the airplane landed long, overran the runway, and then nosed-over. Photographs revealed 330 feet of skid marks on the pavement that began prior to the departure end of the runway and continued approximately 75 feet through the grass and down a shallow ravine to the overturned airplane. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the engine compartment, both wings, and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported there were no preimpact malfunctions or mechanical failures with the airplane. Winds about the time of the accident, at a location 17 nautical miles to the east, were from 200 degrees at 6 knots.
Factual narrative
The pilot of the Cessna 182S stated that he failed to abort the landing early in the landing sequence for runway 32, and that the airplane landed long, overran the runway, and then nosed-over. Photographs revealed 330 feet of skid marks on the pavement that began prior to the departure end of the runway and continued approximately 75 feet through the grass and down a shallow ravine to the overturned airplane. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the engine compartment, both wings, and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact malfunctions or mechanical failures with the airplane. Runway 32 was 1,840 feet long, 30 feet wide, and asphalt surfaced. Winds about the time of the accident, 17 nautical miles to the east, were 200 degrees at 6 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N139RA
- Reported as
- Cessna 182S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18280614
- Airframe hours
- 2,667
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540 SER, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Whitney
- Registered owner
- Richard Whitney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 2008 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- MD24 · Haysfield, MD
- Destination
- 2W2 · Westminster, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 2W2 · Clearview Airpark, runway 32, 1,840 × 30 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
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 395 total · 214 in this make and model · 332 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FDK, 17 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.