# NTSB WPR21LA215: Cessna R182, N757ZZ, Minden, NV, May 30, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 30, 2021, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC) - Place: Minden, NV · RWY 34 - Coordinates: 39.0005, -119.75111 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0005&lon=-119.7511&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: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 103187 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21LA215 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103187/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103187 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA215 ## Probable cause The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action. ## 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 · Student/instructed 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) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna R182, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=2072734), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535): Personnel issues › Psychological · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna R182, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md?model=2072734), [All aircraft, 200 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/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 receiving instruction reported that, during the first landing roll of the instructional flight, the airplane deviated slightly to the right and away from the runway centerline. The pilot receiving instruction corrected to the left and described the subsequent movement of the airplane as crabbing to the left while tracking down the runway. The flight instructor asserted that the pilot receiving instruction overcorrected with excessive left rudder and brake. The flight instructor told the pilot receiving instruction to get off the brake, and she applied right rudder. The instructor stated that the pilot receiving instruction “froze up” and she could not regain directional control of the airplane. The airplane exited the left side of the runway, nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right-wing lift strut and the empennage. The flight instructor and the pilot receiving instruction both reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot receiving instruction was landing the airplane on runway 34 with variable wind at 5 knots, gusting to 11 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N757ZZ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757ZZ-2023-05-13), registration cancelled 2023-05-13, S/N R18201278, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA R182 (RG) - 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: R18201278 - Year built: 1979 - Airframe hours: 5095.2 - Engines: LYCOMING 0-540 250 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Skyking Aviation Services LLC - Registered owner: Skyking Aviation Services LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 30, 2021, 5,039.3 hours before - Airport: MEV, Minden-Tahoe, runway 16/34, 7,399 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 26; injuries: none; commercial, private, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; last flight review February 18, 2021; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 584 total, 69 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days - Pilot; age 60; injuries: minor; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 3, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 15,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 10,000 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 19 °F - Altimeter: 30.08 inHg - Observed at: KMEV - METAR: KMEV 302035Z AUTO VRB05G11KT 10SM CLR 28/M07 A3008 RMK AO2 ## 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 20210530007159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210530007159A), May 30, 2021: Cessna R182, Minden, NV, Substantial damage. When configured for a touch-and-go landing, the aircraft touched down slightly to the right of centerline in a slight left crab. The right seat pilot/flight… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 2, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103187. 125 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 -dubois (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12767281&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1_D_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 -rieken (item 2, PDF, 9 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12767581&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1_R_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 448 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12766889&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-Rel.pdf - Video file (item 4, MP4, 122 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12767149&FileExtension=mp4&FileName=N757ZZ%20(1)-Rel.mp4 From the NTSB's public API. 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