- Date
- September 22, 1996, 14:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Driggs, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9017MCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960922029239A
- Case key
- 42466
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. Factors relating to the accident were: the gusty wind and soft terrain beside the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was making a personal use flight in VFR conditions. He reported that during the landing, the airplane encountered a strong gust of wind that put it into a skid, which he could not correct. The airplane then departed the runway and encountered soft dirt, where it nosed over.
Factual narrative
On September 22, 1996, about 1450 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N9017M, owned by the pilot's wife, was substantially damaged during the landing roll at Driggs, Idaho, while being piloted by the owner's husband, who is a certificated private pilot. The flight was a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The pilot and the only passenger were not injured. The flight had departed Salt Lake City, Utah, about 1330 earlier that day.
The pilot said he experienced a strong gust of wind just prior to or at touchdown. He stated that the airplane went into a skid that he was unable to correct. The airplane went off the runway and into the grass where it hit soft dirt and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9017M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264645
- Airframe hours
- 2,687
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nancy L. Huntsman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1996 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- U59
- Airport
- U59 · Teton Peaks/Driggs Muni, runway 21, 7,300 × 75 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 63 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.