# NTSB MIA91LA097: Cessna 182Q, N735MK, Hattiesburg, MS, March 13, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1991, 14:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Hattiesburg, MS
- Coordinates: 31.479951, -89.319602 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4800&lon=-89.3196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32831
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA91LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32831/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA097

## Probable cause

ON GROUND ENCOUNTER WITH A WIND GUST AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL, RESULTING IN THE COLLISION WITH A RAVINE

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with weather, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ravine
- Nose over, other

## Analysis

WHILE ON APCH TO LAND, THE PLT MONITORED THE AWOS WHICH INDICATED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 290 DEGS AT 8 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 20.  HE LANDED THE ACFT ON RWY 36 ON THE LT MAIN LANDING GEAR FIRST, THEN AFTER LOWERING THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR, A GUST OF WIND ELEVATED THE LT WING.  THE ACFT THEN TURNED TO AN EASTERLY HEADING, TRAVELLED OFF THE RWY ACROSS A TAXIWAY INTO A RAVINE & CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N735MK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18265530
- Airframe hours: 2207
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: J.O.P., Inc.
- Registered owner: J.O.P., Inc.
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 8, 1991, 17 hours before
- Departed: VAS, VICKSBURG, MS
- Airport: PIB, Pine Belt Regional, runway 36, 6,501 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 495 total, 300 in this make and model, 374 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 8 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIB, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910313005339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910313005339A), Mar 13, 1991: Cessna 182Q, Laurel-Hattiesb, MS, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in crosswind. Ran into ditch and nosed over. Wind exceeded aircrafts crosswind component.

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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