- Date
- March 11, 2011, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8033MCessna 182P
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110311003029A
- Case key
- 78538
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare.
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 was conducting a landing to runway 33 with twenty degrees of flaps extended. During the landing flare, a gust of wind abruptly lifted the left wing, and the right wing struck the grass on the side of the runway. The pilot applied power to recover and the airplane impacted the grass. The nose landing gear then collapsed and the airplane came to rest upright. A postaccident examination by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to the engine firewall, right horizontal stabilizer, elevator, and both wings. The pilot further stated there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that he was conducting a normal landing to runway 33 with twenty degrees of flaps extended. During the landing flare, a gust of wind "abruptly" lifted the left wing, and the right wing struck the grass on the side of the runway. The pilot applied power to recover and the airplane impacted the grass. The nose landing gear then collapsed and the airplane came to rest upright. Postaccident examination by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to the engine firewall, right horizontal stabilizer, elevator, and both wings. The pilot further stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane. The recorded winds at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 300 degrees at 12 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8033M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264531
- Airframe hours
- 5,810
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470 SERIES, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Barton Donald W
- Registered owner
- Barton Donald W
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 7, 2010 · 124 hours before
- Departed
- 79J · Andalusia, AL
- Destination
- ISM · Orlando, FL
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimmee Gateway, runway 33, 6,001 × 100 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
- 64
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 16, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 356 total · 148 in this make and model · 288 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- ISM
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 18, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.0 MB in all.
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.