# NTSB WPR11CA465: Cessna 182, N92554, Roosevelt, UT, September 25, 2011 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 25, 2011, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC) - Place: Roosevelt, UT - Coordinates: 40.278331, -110.051391 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2783&lon=-110.0514&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 1, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 81888 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR11CA465 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81888/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81888 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA465 ## Probable cause The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing rollout. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072730), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182N, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072730), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072730), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 182N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072730), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 182N, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072730), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92554), registered now, S/N 18260258 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (N) - Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 182260258 - Airframe hours: 3718 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 41; injuries: none; 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 ## 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 20110925021039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110925021039A), Sep 25, 2011: Cessna 182N, Roosevelt, UT, Substantial damage. Upon landing, the pilot (left seat) was not aligned with the runway, causing the aircraft to vear to the left when the nose gear touched down. Pilot applied… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 26, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81888. 219 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 149 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40356230&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Weather Data (item 2, .PDF, 41 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40356231&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Data-Master.PDF - Record of Conversation - Pilot (item 3, .PDF, 30 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40356232&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20Pilot-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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