# NTSB ERA22LA147: Cessna T182T, N767RT, Hazard, KY, March 5, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: March 5, 2022, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place: Hazard, KY · On Airport
- Coordinates: 37.387361, -83.261611
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3874&lon=-83.2616&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104733
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104733/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104733
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA147

## Probable cause

The pilot's loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he encountered a very strong gust of wind during landing rollout, which pushed the airplane off the runway into a ditch. Subsequently, the airplane nosed over and sustained substantial damage to the right wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that the airplane had no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N767RT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T18209006
- Year built: 2010
- Airframe hours: 683
- Engines: Textron Lycoming TIO-540-A-AKIA 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 10, 2021, 42 hours before
- Departed: ASD, Slidell, LA
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CPF, Wendell H Ford, runway 24, 3,246 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 75; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 29, 2021; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 3,260 total, 720 in this make and model, 2,880 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 16 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Observed at: CPF
- METAR: A	05/03/2022 20:35->	
METAR KCPF 052035Z AUTO 21016G23KT 10SM CLR A3015

## 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 20220305004719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220305004719A), Mar 5, 2022: Cessna T182T, Hazard, KY, Substantial damage. After landing safely on rwy 24 at Hazard airport in Kentucky under windy and gusty conditions, the pilot attempted to make a u-turn at the end of the runway…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 26, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104733. 698 KB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 359 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13407619&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 3 photos, 339 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13407829&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf

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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