Cessna 182T N182VM

Summary

On 28 March 2004 at about 21:40 local time, a Cessna 182T registered N182VM was involved in an accident near Perkasie, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

28 March 2004 at 21:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Perkasie, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Pennridge Airport (N70)

Coordinates

40.3892, -75.2903

Aircraft

Cessna 182T

Registration

N182VM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Beaufort → Perkasie

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC04CA097

Nobody was injured.

The pilots' inadequate compensation for winds and his failure to maintain directional control during landing. A factor related to the accident was the gusting wind conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was landing on runway 08, a 4,215-foot long, 100-foot wide, asphalt runway. The pilot stated that after touchdown, gusting winds caused the airplane to veer to the left. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, and began to burrow into soft turf. The pilot was unable to steer the airplane back onto the runway surface, and it nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The pilot reported the wind conditions at the airport as shifting from 090 degrees, to 150 degrees, 7 knots, gusting to 15 knots

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.