- Date
- September 25, 2011, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Roosevelt, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92554Cessna 182
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20110925021039A
- Case key
- 81888
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing rollout.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing roll the airplane experienced a nosewheel shimmy, followed by the airplane drifting to the right. He said that he applied left rudder, but an over correction resulted in the airplane departing the left side of the runway and impacting uneven terrain. The airplane's nose gear subsequently separated, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall and the outboard section of the right wing. A postaccident examination did not disclose any evidence of a mechanical malfunction.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing roll the airplane experienced a nose wheel shimmy, followed by the airplane drifting to the right. The pilot stated that he applied left rudder to correct back to the left, but an over correction resulted in the airplane departing the left side of the runway and impacting uneven terrain. The airplane's nose gear subsequently separated, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall and the outboard section of the right wing. A Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness inspector examined the airplane with no mechanical anomalies identified. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92554
- Reported as
- Cessna 182 (N)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182260258
- Airframe hours
- 3,718
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary P Oakeson
- Registered owner
- Gary P Oakeson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 13, 2011 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- 74V · Roosevelt, UT
- Airport
- 74V · Roosevelt Municipal, runway 25, 6,500 × 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
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 8, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 142 total · 140 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- VEL, 27 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 26, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 219 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.