- Date
- June 17, 2018, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sebring, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6284XCessna 182T
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180617008109A
- Case key
- 97538
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing with a crosswind.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, after landing in crosswind conditions, the airplane veered right, exited the runway, and nosed over. The airplane came to rest upside down on the sandy grass adjacent to the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation system at the airport reported that, about 6 minutes before the accident, the wind was from 080º at 6 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 1 and reported that the wind speed was 21 knots.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, after landing in crosswind conditions, the airplane veered right, exited the runway and nosed over. The airplane came to rest upside down on the sandy grass adjacent the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and empennage. The pilot added during a telephone conversation that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation system at the accident airport reported that, about six minutes prior to the accident, the wind was from 080º at 6 knots. The pilot landed runway 1 and reported that the wind speed was 21 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6284X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182T (T)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18282105
- Built
- 2008
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pmc Concrete Construction Inc
- Registered owner
- Pmc Concrete Construction Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PGD · Punta Gorda, FL
- Destination
- SEF · Sebring, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SEF · Sebring Rgnl, runway 01, 5,234 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system
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
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 27, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 168 total · 16 in this make and model · 70 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KSEF
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 29, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.