Cessna 182K N2861R
21 April 2004 · Durango, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 April 2004 at about 23:10 local time, a Cessna 182K registered N2861R, operated by Robert E. Wolff, was involved in an accident near Durango, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Durango, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Durango La Plata County (DRO)
- Coordinates
- 37.1517, -107.7533
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182K
- Registration
- N2861R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Robert E. Wolff
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Ramona → Durango
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN04CA066
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and decision making. Contributing factors include the crosswind and the crosswind component exceeded.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 182 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 2004 | Cessna 182Q | St. George, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 2004 | Cessna 182A | Traphill, North Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Jul 2004 | Cessna 182N | Bainville, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jan 2004 | Cessna 182R | Ringgold, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Sep 2004 | Cessna 182P | Washington, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Sep 2004 | Cessna 182T | Chesterfield, Missouri, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
All 6,261 records for this type
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