FTW00LA226

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 182M · Shawnee, OK · August 5, 2000

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
August 5, 2000, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
Place
Shawnee, OK
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N182DGCessna 182M
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report May 8, 2001
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
20000805039779A
Case key
49940

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Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing flare/touchdown. A factor was the gusty wind condition.

Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

Loss of control - in flightLanding - flare/touchdown
Aircraft control - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
Weather condition - gustsFactor
In flight collision with terrain/waterDescent - uncontrolled
Terrain condition - runway

Analysis

The flight was cleared for the ILS approach to runway 17. When the flight was on the final approach leg, the Unicom operator reported the winds from 170 degrees at 19 knots. According to the pilot, as the airplane was in the landing flare/touchdown, at 5 feet agl, a 'gust of wind from the west lifted the right wing,' and subsequently, the airplane 'stalled and bounced.' The pilot applied power, regained control of the airplane, and landed the airplane without further incident. The pilot reported that the wind was gusty from the southwest at the time of the accident. At 1253, a weather observation facility (located 30 miles east of the accident site) reported the wind from 200 degrees at 17 knots, gusting to 22 knots.

Factual narrative

On August 5, 2000, at 1200 central daylight time, a Cessna 182M airplane, N182DG, was substantially damaged when it impacted the runway following a loss of control at the Shawnee Municipal Airport, near Shawnee, Oklahoma. The airplane was registered to and operated by Basin Aviation Inc., of Midland, Texas. The instrument rated private pilot and her two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight, for which an IFR flight plan was filed. The cross-country flight originated from the Midland Airpark, near Midland, Texas, and was destined for Shawnee, Oklahoma.

During a telephone interview conducted by the NTSB Investigator-In-Charge, the pilot reported that she was cleared for the ILS 17 approach at the Shawnee Municipal Airport. While she was on final approach, the Unicom operator reported the winds from 170 degrees at 19 knots. The airplane was 5 feet agl when a "wind gust from the west lifted the right wing," and the airplane "stalled and bounced." She advanced the throttle, regained control of the airplane, and executed the second touchdown without further incident. She stated that the wind, at the time of the accident, was from the southwest and gusty. She added that she had received a DUAT's weather briefing before the flight, and the winds were forecast to be from the south between 17 and 22 knots.

At 1153, the weather observation facility at the Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma, City, Oklahoma, (located 30 miles east of the accident site) reported the winds from 200 degrees at 15 knots. At 1253 the winds were reported from 200 degrees at 17 knots, gusting to 22 knots.

The FAA inspector reported that the engine firewall was wrinkled and the propeller blades were bent.

Multiple attempts by the NTSB to obtain a completed Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2), were not responded to by the pilot.

Aircraft

Registration
N182DG
Reported as
Cessna 182M
Category
Airplane
Serial number
18260003
Engine
Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Basin Aviation Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
MDD · Midland, TX
Destination
SNL · OK
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
SNL · Shawnee Municipal, runway 17, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

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Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
27
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
300 total · 2 in this make and model

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
200° at 17 knots, gusting 22
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
91 °F, dew point 66 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
OKC, 30 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.

Other investigations on N182DG · 1

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