- Date
- March 28, 2004, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Perkasie, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N182VMCessna 182T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20040328011919A
- Case key
- 58960
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Probable cause
The pilots' inadequate compensation for winds and his failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor related to the accident was the gusting wind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was landing on runway 08, a 4,215-foot long, 100-foot wide, asphalt runway. The pilot stated that after touchdown, gusting winds caused the airplane to veer to the left. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, and began to burrow into soft turf. The pilot was unable to steer the airplane back onto the runway surface, and it nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The pilot reported the wind conditions at the airport as shifting from 090 degrees, to 150 degrees, 7 knots, gusting to 15 knots
Factual narrative
On March 28, 2004, at 1640 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182T, N182VM, was substantially damaged while landing at the Pennridge Airport (N70), Perkasie, Pennsylvania. The certificated private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument rules flight plan was filed for the personal flight, which originated from the Michael J. Smith Field (MRH), Beaufort, North Carolina. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, upon touching down on runway 08, a 4,215-foot long, 100-foot wide, asphalt runway, shifting and gusting winds caused the airplane to veer to the left. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, and began to burrow into soft turf. The pilot was unable to steer the airplane back onto the runway surface, and it nosed over, coming to rest inverted.
The pilot reported the wind conditions at the airport as shifting from 090 degrees, to 150 degrees, 7 knots, gusting to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N182VM
- Reported as
- Cessna 182T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18281005
- Airframe hours
- 333
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sundance Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 2003 · 146 hours before
- Departed
- MRH · Beaufort, NC
- Destination
- N70 · Perkasie, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- N70 · Pennridge Airport, runway 08, 4,215 × 100 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
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- September 13, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 470 total · 250 in this make and model · 39 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.34 inHg
- Observed at
- ABE, 17 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.