# NTSB ERA22LA197: Cessna 182R, N9388X, Tuskegee, AL, April 15, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 15, 2022, 14:30 UTC - Place: Tuskegee, AL - Coordinates: 32.460472, -85.680028 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4605&lon=-85.6800&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 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): 104975 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA197 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104975/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104975 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA197 ## Probable cause The pilot’s inadequate compensation for the gusty crosswind wind conditions which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent nose gear collapse. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182R, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072731), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182R, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072731), [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 · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182R, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2072731), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182R, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2072731), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna 182R, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2072731), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182R, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072731), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that while landing and during the landing flare, a gust of wind caused the airplane to drift off centerline and the nose to rise. The airplane ballooned, then subsequently bounced hard before ballooning a second time. The nose dropped sharply, and the pilot was unable to control the airplane before it struck the runway hard on the nose landing gear, causing the landing gear to collapse and fold back, which resulted in substantial damage to the engine compartment, firewall and underside of the airframe. The pilot stated that there were no pre accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9388X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9388X-2023-09-16), registration cancelled 2023-09-16, S/N 18268509, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R - 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: 18268509 - Year built: 1985 - Airframe hours: 4667.8 - Engines: Lycoming O-470-U36B 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Civil Air Patrol Inc - Registered owner: Civil Air Patrol Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 9, 2021, 31.4 hours before - Departed: EET, Alabaster, AL - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: 06A, Moton Field Municipal Airport, runway 13/31, 5,005 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 38; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review March 11, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 68.2 total, 7 in this make and model, 68.2 as pilot in command, 7.3 in the last 90 days, 1.8 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 100° at 13 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 39 °F - Altimeter: 30.21 inHg - Observed at: AUO, 16 nm away - METAR: METAR KAUO 151456Z AUTO 10013G20KT 10SM CLR 19/04 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP226 T01940039 51007= ## 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 20220415005519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220415005519A), Apr 15, 2022: Cessna 182R, Tuskegee, AL, Substantial damage. Pilot was attempting to execute a crosswind landing on runway 13. Upon touchdown, the aircraft drifted, the pilot attempted to make corrections and as a result… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 26, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104975. 13.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 11.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13875935&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Report%206120%20N9388X%20Moton%20Field%20AL_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of conversation_operator (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 93 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13878264&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation_Operator_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memo for record_FAA (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 165 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13878173&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record_FAA-Rel.pdf - Photo array_accident site and damage (item 4, PDF, 3 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13878048&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Site%20and%20Damage%20Photographs-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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