# NTSB LAX08CA167: Cessna 182, N2375G, Moab, UT, June 7, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 7, 2008, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC) - Place: Moab, UT - Coordinates: 38.752777, -109.752777 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7528&lon=-109.7528&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 68190 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX08CA167 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68190/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA167 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate compensation for the tailwind condition, and improper use of additional power while taxiing. Contributing to the accident was soft ground and a gusting tailwind. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: soft surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023020/cases.md?model=2072706), [All aircraft, 264 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023020/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182B, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2072706), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) - [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=2072706), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: crosswind correction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md?model=2072706), [All aircraft, 184 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182B, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072706), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot landed on runway 33, which is a dirt runway. The wind direction at the time was 320 degrees at 19 knots, gusting to 29. The pilot turned the airplane around to back taxi to parking. While back taxiing, the airplane's nose wheel encountered a soft spot of sand, and the pilot added some power to get through the soft spot. The tail came up, and the airplane nosed over. ## Factual narrative In a written statement, the pilot reported that he landed at Canyonlands Field Airport, Moab, Utah, on dirt runway 33. Winds were from 320 degrees at 24 knots gusting to 30. He then back-taxied on the dirt runway for about 700 feet. The airplane's nose wheel encountered a soft spot of sand, and the pilot added some power to get through the soft spot. The tail came up and the airplane completely nosed over on to its back. At 1553 mountain daylight time, winds at Canyonlands Field Airport were from 320 degrees at 19 knots gusting to 29. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2375G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2375G-2017-04-07), registration cancelled 2017-04-07, S/N 51675, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182 - Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 51675 - Airframe hours: 7827 - Engines: Continental O-470 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Skydiving, Part 91 - Operator: Skydive Moab LLC - Registered owner: Skydive New Hampshire LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2007 - Departed: KCNY, Moab, UT - Airport: KCNY, Canyonlands Field Airport, runway 33, 1,800 × 30 ft, dirt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 42; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2; last flight review February 1, 2008; flight hours: 413 total, 225 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 320° at 19 knots, gusting 29 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °F - Observed at: KCNY ## 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 20080607837559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080607837559A), Jun 7, 2008: Cessna 182B, Moab, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) During taxi back to ramp after completion of jump flight the aircraft was flipped on its back after a gust of wind caught the tail and lifted the… From the NTSB's public API. 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