# NTSB NYC05CA147: Cessna 182, N5203N, Southampton, NY, September 25, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 25, 2005, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Southampton, NY
- Coordinates: 40.882499, -72.385002
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8825&lon=-72.3850&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 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62582
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC05CA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62582/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA147

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.

## Sequence of events

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

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

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5203N), registered now, S/N 18267569, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267569
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050925032269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050925032269A), Sep 25, 2005: Cessna 182Q, Sagaponack, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 25, 2005 the pilot [privacy data omitted] was the PIC of N5203N, a Cessna 182, s/n 18267596. The flight departed from the laurence g.…

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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