# NTSB GAA17CA266: Cessna T182, N421KR, Portage County Airport, OH, May 3, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 3, 2017, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Portage County Airport, OH
- Coordinates: 41.210277, -81.248611 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2103&lon=-81.2486&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 18, 2019
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95130
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA17CA266
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95130/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95130
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA266

## Probable cause

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go.

## 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 T182T, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072738), [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 · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T182T, 22 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072738), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna T182T, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md?model=2072738), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T182T, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072738), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna T182T, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072738), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna T182T, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072738), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The solo student pilot reported that, during a touch-and-go, the airplane veered off the runway to the left and impacted a culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The solo student pilot reported that, during a touch-and-go, the airplane veered off the runway to the left and impacted a culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N421KR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421KR), registered now, S/N T18208308, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182 (T)
- Registry model: [Cessna T182T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (registry code 2072738) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T18208308
- Year built: 2004
- Airframe hours: 416
- Engines: Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A 235 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Grww Aviation LLC.
- Registered owner: Grww Aviation LLC.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 8, 2016
- Departed: CGF, CLEVELAND, OH
- Destination: POV, RAVENNA, OH
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: POV, Portage County, runway 27, 3,499 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 56; injuries: none; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 78.1 total, 59.2 in this make and model, 78.1 as pilot in command, 23.2 in the last 90 days, 11.5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.15 inHg
- Observed at: KPOV

## 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 20170503006669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170503006669A), May 3, 2017: Cessna T182T, Ravenna, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot was a student pilot flying solo. Departed cuyahoga county airport(kcgf). The pilot stated, that he decided to practice touch and go at Portage County…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 5, 2018, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95130. 4.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40467980&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Accident Photo (item 2, .PDF, 1 photo, 401 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40467981&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo-Master.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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