- Date
- November 30, 2000, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- College Park, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N182RMCessna 182J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20001130037469A
- Case key
- 51304
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate flare, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor related to the accident was the downdraft wind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing, at a speed of 80 knots, a downdraft was encountered, causing a loss of altitude and airspeed. The airplane touched down hard on the runway, and the nose wheel buckled. The airplane slid off the side of the runway, and came to rest in a grass field. The winds reported at a nearby airport were from 300 degrees at 11 knots, gusts to 20 knots.
Factual narrative
On November 30, 2000, about 0830 Eastern Standard Time, a Cessna 182J, N182RM, was substantially damaged while landing at the College Park Airport, College Park, Maryland. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR part 91.
According to the pilot, he was landing on Runway 33, a 2,607-foot long, 60-foot wide, asphalt runway. "About 3/4 below the tree tops," at a speed of 80 knots, a downdraft was encountered, causing a loss of altitude and airspeed. The airplane touched down hard on the runway, and the nose wheel buckled. The airplane slid off of the side of the runway, and came to rest in a grass field.
The winds reported at a nearby airport, at 0851, were from 300 degrees at 11 knots, gusts to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N182RM
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257389
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glo Worm Recreation Flg Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SBY · Salsbury, MD
- Destination
- CSG
- Airport
- CGS · College Park Apt., runway 33, 2,610 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 250 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA, 10 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.