# NTSB NYC83LA097: Cessna 182, N21059, Rochester, NY, April 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 14, 1983, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Coordinates: 43.129776, -77.729095 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1298&lon=-77.7291&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35173
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35173/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA097

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND NOSED DOWN IN MUD. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BOUNCED ON LANDING AND CAME DOWN ABOUT 35 DEGREES TO THE CENTERLINE. HE JUDGED IT TOO RISKY TO TRY TO REALIGN SO HE CONTINUED TO LAND OFF THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT WHEELS SANK INTO THE MUD AND THE ACFT NOSED DOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N21059](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21059), registered now, S/N 18261388, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18261388
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stephen O. Dean
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 25, 1982, 50 hours before
- Departed: GAI, GAITHERSBURG
- Destination: ROC, ROCHESTER, NY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ROC, Monroe, runway 22, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 678 total, 600 in this make and model, 582 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 20 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830414014269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830414014269A), Apr 14, 1983: Cessna 182P, Rochester, NY, Substantial damage. Landed on an angle to runway. Ran off into soft grass and mud and nosed up. Gusty surface winds a factor.

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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