# NTSB WPR22LA252: Cessna 182P, N9802E, San Martin, CA, July 14, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 13, 2022, 18:56 local (Jul 14, 2022, 01:56 UTC)
- Place: San Martin, CA
- Coordinates: 37.082876, -121.59745 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0829&lon=-121.5974&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
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105475
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA252
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105475/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105475
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA252

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during 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 182P, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2075816), [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 182P, 48 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2075816), [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 182P, 25 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, during the landing, the airplane veered left “uncontrollably,” exited the runway, struck vegetation and an airport perimeter fence. The left wing and left aileron were substantially damaged. The pilot stated that the “elevators and brakes did not respond or stop the [air]plane once [it] deviated from the runway.” Postaccident examination of the airplane flight controls and brake system revealed no evidence of any preaccident mechanical malfunction or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9802E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9802E), registered now, S/N 18263916, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263916
- Year built: 1975
- Airframe hours: 5303.39
- Engines: Continental Motors O-470 235 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 20, 2021, 50.1 hours before
- Departed: KAUN, Auburn, WA
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: E16, San Martin, runway 14, 3,095 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; last flight review May 3, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 439 total, 113 in this make and model, 280 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.93 inHg
- Observed at: E16
- METAR: E16 140155Z AUTO 13009KT 10SM CLR 23/13 A2993 RMK AO2 PWINO PNO

## 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 20220713019799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220713019799A), Jul 13, 2022: Cessna 182P, San Martin, CA, Substantial damage. On July 14 2022 at approximately 1856 PDT, [privacy data omitted] landed rwy 14 and lost directional control, the aircraft veered to the left and ended up…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 3, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105475. 5.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 5.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14590323&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Email correspondence from the FAA (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 141 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14590051&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=email%20from%20faa%202_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo array (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 3 photos, 131 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14589373&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-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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