# NTSB NYC01LA049: Cessna 182J, N182RM, College Park, MD, November 30, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 30, 2000, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: College Park, MD
- Coordinates: 38.990943, -76.929283 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9909&lon=-76.9293&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 17, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 51304
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC01LA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51304/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA049

## 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

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N182RM), registered now, S/N 18257389, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182J
- Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (registry code 2072722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18257389
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20001130037469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001130037469A), Nov 30, 2000: Cessna 182J, College Park, MD, No damage. (-23) On 11/30/00 at 0830 Mr. David kotsifakis was acting as pilot in command of a Cessna CE-182 N182RM. During landing on runway 33 at College Park Airport,…

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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