Cessna 182S N139RA

Summary

On 21 February 2009 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 182S registered N139RA, operated by Richard Whitney, was involved in an accident near Westminster, Maryland, 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

21 February 2009 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Westminster, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Clearview Airpark (2W2)

Coordinates

39.4669, -77.0169

Aircraft

Cessna 182S

Registration

N139RA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard Whitney

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Haysfield → Westminster

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09CA172

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to stop the airplane within the available runway after touchdown.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he failed to abort the landing early in the landing sequence for Runway 32, an 1,840-foot-long, 30-foot-wide asphalt runway, and that the airplane landed long, overran the runway, and then nosed-over. Photographs revealed 330 feet of skid marks on the pavement that began prior to the departure end of the runway and continued approximately 75 feet through the grass and down a shallow ravine to the overturned airplane. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the engine compartment, both wings, and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported there were no preimpact malfunctions or mechanical failures with the airplane. Winds about the time of the accident, at a location 17 nautical miles to the east, were from 200 degrees at 6 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.