# NTSB WPR20LA318: Cessna 182, N756RA, Island Park, ID, September 22, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: September 22, 2020, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Island Park, ID · airport environment
- Coordinates: 44.63475, -111.34269
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6347&lon=-111.3427&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: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102047
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR20LA318
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102047/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102047
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA318

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing.

## 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 R182, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072734), [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 R182, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072734), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation; cases with it: [Cessna R182, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2072734), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/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 R182, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072734), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he configured the airplane to land with a right crosswind and was aligned with runway centerline. As the airplane was about to touchdown, the airspeed decreased, and the pilot felt a gust of wind push the airplane to the left as it touched down and began the landing roll. The pilot corrected with right rudder control and aileron input; however, the airplane continued to the left and exited the runway surface and struck a fence. The horizontal stabilizer was substantially damaged. The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N756RA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756RA), registered now, S/N R18201133, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (R)
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201133
- Year built: 1979
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: WYS, Yellowstone, MT
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: U53, Henry's Lake Airport, runway 6, 4,600 × 170 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 27, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 492 total, 65 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter: 30.22 inHg
- Observed at: WYS, 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 20200922012469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200922012469A), Sep 22, 2020: Cessna R182, Island Park, ID, Substantial damage. On September 22, 2020 the pilot took-off from yellowstone airport, Montana (kwys) airport around 9 am local time on a sightseeing flight over yellowstone…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 25, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102047. 6.7 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 6.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11563512&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N756RA%20Report%20NTSB_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot's statement (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 69 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11563743&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Report%20incident%20airplane-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 201 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12412987&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR20LA318%20Photo-Rel.pdf

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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