Cessna 182T N345TJ

Summary

On 22 April 2009 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 182T registered N345TJ, operated by Global Lease Finance LLC, was involved in an accident near Rangely, 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.

Date

22 April 2009 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Rangely, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Rangely Airport (4V0)

Coordinates

40.0897, -108.7578

Aircraft

Cessna 182T

Registration

N345TJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Global Lease Finance LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Laramie → Rangely

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA264

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was on a cross country flight in his single-engine airplane when he decided to make a unscheduled stop at another airport to use the rest room. During landing, when the airplane was approximately 20-feet-above the ground, it encountered a light crosswind from the right. The pilot compensated but the airplane drifted further to the left. The airplane contacted the runway and bounced three times before it went off the left side of and collided with taxiway identifier sign. The airplane came to an abrupt stop but remained upright. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.