ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309491
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| Date: | Saturday 31 July 2021 |
| Time: | 09:07 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182E Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3186Y |
| MSN: | 18254186 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6857 hours |
| Engine model: | Texas Skyways O-520 F/TS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Eugene, Oregon -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | The Dalles Airport, OR (DLS/KDLS) |
| Eugene, OR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
As the airplane's nosewheel touched the ground, the airplane veered aggressively to the right then left. The pilot applied corrective control inputs, but the airplane departed the runway, tipped onto the left wing, and spun around.
The airplane's nosewheel had been modified in accordance with a supplemental type certificate, which raised the nose of the airplane by 4 inches. The modified geometry resulted in the airplane being more susceptible to control difficulties during landing, unless a soft field landing technique was used. The pilot stated that the landing was normal, and there was no damage to the runway surface at the touchdown point to suggest otherwise. However, he stated that the airplane swerved aggressively on the previous landing earlier in the day during high gusting wind conditions.
Examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies with the steering system; however, there was damage to the firewall and nosewheel strut that indicated the nosewheel had struck the ground hard. Based on the pilot's report that the airplane swerved aggressively during a landing earlier in the day, it is likely that the airplane was damaged during that landing, which caused the loss of control during the accident landing.
Probable Cause: Loss of directional control due to damage to the nosewheel strut that was sustained during a previous landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR21LA344
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