Cessna 182E N3344Y

Summary

On 4 August 2006 at about 22:15 local time, a Cessna 182E registered N3344Y was involved in an accident near Roset, Wyoming, 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

4 August 2006 at 22:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Roset, Wyoming, United States

Nearest airport

Private Airstrip (NONE)

Coordinates

42.7554, -107.3025

Aircraft

Cessna 182E

Registration

N3344Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Billings → Roset

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN06CA110

Nobody was injured.

an inadvertent pilot-induced porpoise and his improper remedial action. A contributing factor was the wind gust.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing on runway 34 at his private airstrip (2,100 ft. x 50 ft., dirt). He said the wind, as reported by a nearby ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System), was from 300 degrees at 7 knots, with gusts to 16 knots. He approached at 65 KIAS (knots indicated airspeed), using 20 degrees of flaps. "On short final I experienced a sharp gust of wind and increased power and added more left rudder to compensate," the pilot wrote. The airplane touched down 12-15 knots too fast and the airplane began to porpoise halfway down the runway. The nose gear hit "sharply." The pilot taxied to his hangar. Post accident examination revealed the firewall was wrinkled and the propeller was bent.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.