Cessna 182 N5179D

Summary

On 22 May 2020 at about 23:18 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N5179D, operated by School Of Missionary Aviation Technology, was involved in an accident near Ionia, Michigan, 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

22 May 2020 at 23:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Ionia, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Ionia County (Y70)

Coordinates

42.9378, -85.0561

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N5179D

Category

Airplane

Year built

1958

Engines

1

Operator

School Of Missionary Aviation Technology

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Flight Test

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ionia → Ionia

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN20CA193

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing was the pilot getting his shoe caught in the rudder pedal.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was performing an instrument approach to the runway following a local flight. The airplane was configured with full flaps and the pilot's intention was to perform a three-point landing. The wind was reported as calm; however, the pilot reported seeing smoke that indicated there was a light crosswind from the right. After touching down on the runway the tailwheel began to "shimmy violently," and the airplane began to drift to the left. The pilot applied rudder to get the airplane to track "a straight path" and then turned right to correct back to the runway's centerline. To recorrect to the centerline, the pilot applied full left rudder. At that point, either the pilot's "left shoe caught on something and jammed the pedal, or the left rudder pedal [became] stuck in the full left rudder position." The pilot couldn't move the pedal to maintain directional control and the airplane ground looped causing substantial damage to the right aileron and the right elevator. A postaccident examination showed no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.