ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176501
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 2004 |
| Time: | 17:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182K Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2861R |
| MSN: | 18258461 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2537 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-550-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Durango, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ramona, CA (RMN) |
| Durango, CO (DRO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the landing on runway 20, the pilot encountered a gust of wind, drifting the airplane to the left and off of the runway. During the ground roll, the nose wheel stuck in the soft dirt, tearing the nose wheel off and tipping the airplane onto the left wing. substantially damaging the airplane. At 1653 the METAR (Routine Aviation Weather) reported the winds as 280 degrees at 13 knots with gusts to 22 knots. At 1707, a peak wind of 270 degrees at 30 knots was recorded. According to the Cessna Information Manual for the C182, the maximum demonstrated crosswind component is 18 knots. The calculated crosswind component varied from 12 knots to 29 knots.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and decision making. Contributing factors include the crosswind and the crosswind component exceeded.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040504X00553&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 February 2016 | N2861R | Private | 0 | Near Gainesville Municipal Airport (KGNV), Gainesville, FL | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2015 15:12 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:53 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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