- Date
- September 25, 2005, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Southampton, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5203NCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050925032269A
- Case key
- 62582
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was landing on a 2,000-foot-long, 80-foot-wide, turf runway. The pilot reported that the airplane touched down approximately 500 feet beyond the approach end of the runway, left of runway centerline. Shortly after touchdown, the airplane began to veer left, and the pilot attempted to correct with full right pedal deflection and full right braking; however, the airplane continued left. The airplane subsequently traveled into a cornfield, rolled right, and impacted the ground.
Factual narrative
On September 25, 2005, about 1500 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N5203N, was substantially damaged while landing at a private airstrip near Southampton, New York. The certificated private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Laurence G Hanscom Airport (BED), Bedford, Massachusetts. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane was landing on runway 27; a 2,000-foot-long, 80-foot-wide, turf runway. The pilot reported that the airplane touched down approximately 500 feet beyond the approach end of the runway, left of runway centerline. Shortly after touchdown, the airplane began to veer left, and the pilot attempted to correct with full right pedal deflection and full right braking; however, the airplane continued left. The airplane subsequently traveled into a cornfield, rolled right, and impacted the ground.
The reported wind at an airport approximately 10 miles west of the accident site, at 1453, was from 200 degrees at 12 knots.
Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) did not reveal any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5203N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267569
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Medical Services Aviation Llc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BED · Bedford, MA
- Destination
- NONE · Southampton, NY
- Airport
- NONE · Private Airstrip, runway 27, 2,000 × 80 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- October 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.28 inHg
- Observed at
- FOK, 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.