# NTSB ERA22LA225: Cessna 182, N92913, Owensboro, KY, May 13, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 12, 2022, 20:10 local (May 13, 2022, 01:10 UTC)
- Place: Owensboro, KY
- Coordinates: 37.744206, -87.165038 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7442&lon=-87.1650&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 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): 105074
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105074/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105074
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA225

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

## 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 182N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072730), [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 182N, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072730), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072730), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 182N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072730), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the airplane was departing at night, and reported that as the airplane accelerated during the takeoff he felt the nose landing gear had “shimmied.” About this time he increased the pitch attitude for rotation and felt the nose wheel leave the ground, but it touched back down and the airplane then veered to the left. The pilot was unable to correct and the airplane departed the left side of the runway, encountered a ditch, bounced into the air, then landed hard. During the hard landing the nose landing gear collapsed, and the fuselage and engine mount were substantially damaged. The pilot and a flight instructor examined the airplane after the accident both were unable to identify evidence of any mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N92913](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92913-2023-06-30), registration cancelled 2023-06-30, S/N 18260427, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (N)
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260427
- Year built: 1970
- Airframe hours: 3499
- Engines: Continental O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bakalar Flying Club Inc
- Registered owner: Bakalar Flying Club Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 3, 2021, 225 hours before
- Airport: OWB, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport, runway 18, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 30, 2022; seat: left; flight hours: 168.2 total, 15.6 in this make and model, 168.2 as pilot in command, 6.5 in the last 90 days, 1.9 in the last 30 days, 1.9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OWB
- METAR: OWB 130143Z 10007KT 10SM CLR 25/12 A3000 RMK AO2

## 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 20220512006859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220512006859A), May 12, 2022: Cessna 182N, Owensboro, KY, Substantial damage. During takeoff, aircraft veered off left side of runway 18, into the grass, crossing taxiway d, back into the grass then crossing intersection of taxiway c and…

## Other investigations on N92913 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI02LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA005), Oct 12, 2001: Cessna 182N (N92913), Graham, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the fatigue failure of the number 2 piston. Contributing to the accident was the unsuitable terrain.

## Docket (5 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 13, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105074. 16.5 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 8 pages, 13.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14430839&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%206120%20Form%20-%20Pilot%27s%20Statement%20and%20Info_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot interview (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 101 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14886558&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR_G%20Ellis_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot's statement (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14430882&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statement%20-%20Ellis_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Passenger's statement (item 4, PDF, 6 pages, 353 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14423046&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=PASSENGER%20STATEMENT%20-%20Kyle%20Smith_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photographs (item 5, PDF, 3 pages, 625 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14886568&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs_N92913-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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