- Date
- September 17, 2003, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Young, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2646RCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20030917028599A
- Case key
- 57980
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Probable cause
the collision with a bull during takeoff.
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
The airplane collided with a bull during takeoff. As the airplane climbed through 6 feet agl, a bull wandered onto the airstrip. The right main gear collided with the bull. The pilot then continued his flight to his destination and landed uneventfully. After landing he noted that the right main gear box was pulled loose.
Factual narrative
On September 17, 2003, at 0800 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182K, N2646R, collided with a bull during takeoff from Young Airstrip (PVT), Young, Arizona. The airplane was registered to and operated by the owner under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane sustained substantial damage; the private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was originating at the time of the accident.
In a written statement, the pilot reported that during takeoff, as the airplane climbed through 6 feet above ground level (agl), a bull wandered onto the runway. The right main gear collided with the bull. The pilot then continued his flight to Payson Airport, Payson, Arizona, where he landed uneventfully. After landing, he noted that the right main gear box was pulled loose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2646R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258346
- Engine
- Continental O-470, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank Chapman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PVT · Young, AZ
- Destination
- KPAN · Payson, AZ
- Airport
- PVT · Young, runway 36
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 7,600 total · 3,205 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N2646R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.