- Date
- May 20, 1992, 13:41 local (18:41 UTC)
- Place
- Port Sulphur, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N735SWCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920520019499A
- Case key
- 18498
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Probable cause
The pilot planned the approach with a tailwind and did not attain the proper touchdown point. Factors were the tailwind and the delayed aborted landing.
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.
Analysis
During a VFR approach and landing the pilot aborted the approach because of power lines across the approach end of the runway. The pilot then entered left downwind and planned for a long final approach and short field landing. A witness reported that the airplane landed long with a 15 knot tailwind and full flaps. During the landing, the pilot retracted the flaps and added full power with approximately 400 to 500 feet of remaining runway. During the initial climb, the airplane cleared a canal at the departure end of the runway; however, the gear impacted a dirt levee and the airplane came to rest in an inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735SW
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265657
- Airframe hours
- 2,348
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mgm Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mgm Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1991 · 232 hours before
- Departed
- 3F3 · Mansfield, LA
- Destination
- 7LA1 · Port Sulphur, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 7LA1 · Birdwin, runway 18, 1,500 × ft
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 159 in this make and model · 119 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.