- Date
- September 25, 1992, 16:13 local (22:13 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N759NNCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920925038929A
- Case key
- 18571
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to compensate for the crosswind. A factor was the crosswind.
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 flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
While attempting to land with a crosswind, the pilot reported that he could not control the airplane. W witness reported that the airplane porpoised two times and subsequently exited off the left side of the runway, collapsing the nose gear and damaging the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759NN
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266128
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Russell, John W.
- Registered owner
- Russell, John W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1992 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- LBL · Liberal, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SAF · Santa Fe Municipal, runway 2, 8,323 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 424 total · 250 in this make and model · 325 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAF, 1 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.