- Date
- July 3, 2022, 17:45 local (Jul 4, 2022, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Petaluma, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8414SCessna 182H
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Oakland FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220703012189A
- Case key
- 105422
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a go-around in gusting wind conditions.
Findings · 3
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, he obtained automated weather before landing at the destination airport, which indicated the winds to be variable from 270° at 11 knots gusting to 16 knots. The pilot stated that he flew a stabilized approach to runway 29, and the windsock indicated a crosswind upon landing. After touchdown a gust “pushed the airplane to the right”, and the pilot elected to initiate a go-around and added power. When the airplane became airborne, the nose yawed left, and the pilot was unable to avoid a collision with an airport hangar. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8414S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256514
- Built
- 1965
- Airframe hours
- 4,851
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 2021 · 4,815 hours before
- Departed
- KLLR · Little River, CA
- Destination
- O69 · Petaluma, CA
- Airport
- O69 · Petaluma Municipal, runway 29, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot
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
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 18, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 413 total · 410 in this make and model · 265 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 14 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KO69, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KO69 040055Z AUTO 28014G19KT 10SM CLR 17/09 A2998 RMK A01=
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 20, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 15.5 MB 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.