Cessna 182J N2618F

Summary

On 26 December 2011 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 182J registered N2618F, operated by Mentone Flying Club Inc, was involved in an accident near St. Paul, Minnesota, 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

26 December 2011 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

St. Paul Downtown Airport (STP)

Coordinates

44.9344, -93.0603

Aircraft

Cessna 182J

Registration

N2618F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mentone Flying Club Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rice Lake → St. Paul

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12LA113

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's decision to land on a runway with a gusting, quartering tailwind and his inadequate compensation for the wind, which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Although the tower air traffic controller informed the pilot that the wind was from 230 degrees, the pilot elected to land on runway 14 instead of runway 27. He reported that the visual approach was stabilized as he approached the runway landing zone. However, the airplane encountered a gust of wind during the landing flare and landed hard on its nose on the runway centerline about 500 to 1,000 feet from the runway threshold. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the firewall was bent. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane. Five minutes after the accident, the reported surface wind was 240 degrees at 19 knots gusting to 26 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.